77ft Bluewater Cruiser Refit - Exterior Hull & Topside Paintwork

The refit and restoration of a 77ft blue water cruiser http://www.berthon.co.uk/shipyard/yacht-refits-refurb/aglaia/ Aglaia, a 77ft 15-year old yacht designed by Rob Humphreys, was sold by Berthon in the autumn of 2015. The new owner wanted her refitted and modernised; accordingly, a delivery crew brought her north to Berthon's Lymington Shipyard in October 2015. This is the story of her comprehensive restoration, a project that spanned just 9 months and was completed entirely at Berthon. The topsides were tired; Aglaia spent many weeks in the paint preparation shed undergoing multiple hand sandings with longboards between various coats of Awlgrip highbuild and primer to achieve a perfect preparation surface for the final gloss coatings. Aglaia was then moved to Berthon's glossing booth which is kept void of dust, where topcoats were applied to hull and coachroof and coaming areas using Awlcraft 2000 in Majestic Blue Gloss and Snow White Gloss respectively. Airflow in the glossing booth of 0.4m per second to remove overspray allows the applicators perfect visibility during the critical top coating process, and each sprayer has a separate 2m x 2m large hull shaped test panel set up in the booth for test spraying. Flow and film thickness is checked before moving to the hull or coach roof areas. Meticulous calculations beforehand use the surface area to ascertain the amount of paint to be mixed, including a known overspray loss factor, and the three wet-on-wet top coat spray process completes the job. Berthon paint sheds are precisely temperature controlled with the spraying completed at a lower temperature to avoid surface cure prior to solvent evaporation (which causes an orange peel effect). Throughout the paint process, after a specified time each application session is then baked at product denominated temperatures, which also ensures the vital perfect chemical bond between coats. These and other processes result with an 'off-the-gun' finish, providing an excellent quality of sheen which requires no polishing. Prior to removal from the glossing spray booth, a water-based temporary peelable coating (TPC) is applied to protect the still relatively delicate gloss finish. TPC allows the paint to continue to cure and improve during the remainder of the refit project up to launch achieving a textbook finish. Part 1 - Exterior Hull & Topside Paintwork - https://youtu.be/dBohkY-xaco Part 2 - New Teak Deck - https://youtu.be/DUuDua3c9l8 Part 3 - Mast Stepping & Rigging - https://youtu.be/Ahi4VdeHPs4 Part 4 - Sea Trials - https://youtu.be/hwZpptPWloU Part 5 - Completed Project - https://youtu.be/k46iOn5ZNQ8 AGLAIA is now up for sale. She is an exceptional fast cruising yacht and is perfect for a blue water cruise at pace and in great comfort. The full specification is available here - http://www.berthon.co.uk/yacht-sales-brokerage/yacht-for-sale/humphreys-77-aglaia/ Also, watch out latest video for a look round her here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj3JV-T6ySo She now positioned in Palma de Mallorca and will participate in the Palma Super Yacht Show from the 27th April to 1st May 2018.