Blasted down to the epoxy …

After doing three-quarters of the blasting, the yard moved off to do another boat. Eventually, after a couple of repairs to the nozzle of the machine, they moved back to Charmary and finished her off, so, she is now all stripped (down to the gel coat in places) and ready to go into the shed in January for coppercoating.

Years of antifoul ... gone ...
Years of antifoul … gone …

The blasting has taken all the antifoul off up to close to the waterline (the last little bit has been done by hand) and it has come down to gelcoat in places (the brown patches) and an old epoxy coating (the green patches).

The end result ...
The end result …