Painted red!

Don't know why I put the exclamation mark on the post title.

Anyway, yes, first coat of red paint on the topsides:

So the bottom and bilge planks have three coats of semi-gloss white, the topsides two white and now one red. One more coat of red to go. I think I have just enough red paint left over from the kayak.

On the "bench" on the right in the photo below are some of the bits and pieces that are also getting painted, since the weather has warmed somewhat. It helps to be up by the roof of an uninsulated building on a sunny day—until it gets too hot in the summer!

On the bench, from right to left: aft hatch cover, lower leeboard guard, rudder head, upper leeboard guard (the slot). Then it's paint and painting stuff, with the foam cache behind it.