1. Find orbital sander and paper 20 minutes.
2. Sand 18 ft boat 30 minutes for a old guy.
3. Clean up and wipe the boat with thinner before the wife looks in the garage. 10- minutes.
4. Tape the water
line 5 minutes.
5.
Paint the bottom 20 minutes.
Total time 1 hour and 25 minutes.
I bet my 22 year old son could do it all in about an hour.
This spring I will go down to the boat yard with the orbital sander and sand the sailboat and wipe it with thinner. It should not take long. Maybe 90 minutes.
It takes 2 hours to tape and
paint it. I use a very soft brush and
paint in
line with the water flow. This uses 1 gallon of bottom
paint.
The boat is 27''+ on the waterline.
I do a nice job.