Karma's bottom has what is called "paint sickness".  At some point, we will have to have the
bottom completely sanded down to gell coat, and then start over with bottom paint.   Until
then, a fairly labor intensive paint chipping effort did a great job of getting all the loose paint off. 
The bottom was then sanded and all edges were faired.  

With two coats of fresh paint, she's ready to splash back into the water.

Karma's brightwork was in fairly good shape when I bought her, however, as everyone knows,
 it's never the last coat.

I have been using Bristol Finish, the two part epoxy type finish as many of the boat owners in my
 marina have had great success with it.  Bristol claims that you can go two years before re-coating
 and that's if the areas are exposed to full sun.   I have covers for absolutely everything so I'm
 hoping it holds up well.

I just finished the dorade boxes, I stripped them down to bare wood, coated them with Smiths
penetrating epoxy and then put 5 coats of Bristol on them.   I had new fiberglass tops made
 and they look pretty sharp as you can see.

My latest project has been the scarf joints along the railing.  I used a dremmil and cleaned
out all the old varnish, filled the cracks with black 5200 and then laid 8 coats of bristol on top.  

When I discovered a slight crack in the holding tank, I knew I could no longer put of replacing it.
Whilst the rubber gloves were on, I decided to rip everything out and start fresh, really fresh. 

The good news was that the tank was very accessable and Ronco Tanks is just across town, so
 off I went to purchase a new tank.  I took the opportunity to paint the location where
 the tank would be installed and also caulked all the cracks so it's virtually water tight,
at least when the boat is upright.

I installed a new macerator, all new hoses and a new Y-Valve.  I used a Jabsco valve and
 now after discussing it with others whom have more experience than me, I'm told I should
 have used a brass Y-Valve.  I'll keep a spare on board when the plastic one goes.