Victoria 18 Cutter Project
(Part 2)
Updated 03/17/99
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Randi Ernst has taken on quite a project this winter. He has purchased a 1979 Sloop, and is in the process of converting it to a cutter version of the Victoria 18. With input from the folks at the Victoria 18 Forum, and help from one of the only known owners of an original Victoria 18 Cutter, Mike Fillimon in Long Island, Randi is well on his way to creating the dream Victoria 18!. We will get specific technical information posted as Randi makes it available. Part 1 exposes the naked Vic ready for painting and repairs. Part 2 shows the painted hull, and repairs completed.

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March 1999

Randi writes;

I have a couple new shots of the freshly painted (formally blue) 79 but it was pretty dark and dreary in the building at the yard this weekend so I was going to wait till I brought her home and take some outdoors shots. They are pretty much done with her, a couple of more coats of the copper anti-fouling and then she is all mine. They do not really have anyplace to keep her inside and do not recommend tarping her till the paint sets up so they wanted me to come and get her yet this week if all goes as planned. Boy is she a beauty. I have started in on the wood trim I took off last month sure will be fun to start putting her back together.

They were supposed to call me when they did the rudder repair but naturally they did not (or I was gone) at any rate the guy who did the work was not there but when I get the boat I will grill him on what they did to fix it. From what I could see it looks like it came out just as the instructions are posted on Jerry's site. I would have loved to poke around but they had stuff propped up and masked off so I did not dare mess with it.

Randi Ernst was offered the option of a slip free surface on his paint job, and readily jumped at it. The slip free surface, is a slightly darker color than the rest of the deck paint. Notice how really shiny the coaming, and the mount rail for the main traveler are. What we wouldn't pay to have our gel coat look like this after 20 or so years!

The color of the deck will be absolutely stunning in contrast to the Tan Bark sails if Randi can locate a vendor. If you have any suggestions, please email him with your comments or sources.

Materials;

Paint,
US Paint Awl Grip
Jade Green G4014
Beige: Moondust G6004
White: Snow-white G8044
Red: Vivid Red G7008
Copper Bottom Paint
Interlux Fiberglass Bottom Kote
Racing Bronze Y999

3M Gold stripe tape

I ended up with 4 coats of paint on the hull, they thought they were done and someone bumped against it so sanded and painted again.

Here you can begin to see how nice the coaming, and cockpit in general look. The reflection of the flash from the camera really impacts the surface of the cockpit . The seating area, and the floor to the cockpit are also painted with the same anti skid surface. The sides of the companionway are really nice. It looks like they are begging for equipment to be mounted, or maybe for a clean fresh un-spoiled look.

The Bottom coating is really nice. It looks like they did a great job of cleaning up the hull, and applying the copper base coat. Again, the color of the main and jib while under full sail is really going to compliment the color of the exposed portion of hull if the tan bark sails are available.

This shot shows a portion of the stern. The anti skid surface is clearly visible here.

The final shot of this series shows the hull, and the boot stripe. The color is a forest green, which blends well with the red boot, and both the copper bottom paint, and the beige ant skid surface on the deck area.

We will have more information, technical data, and misc. info soon. If you have any questions or comments please join in on our Forum, The Victoria 18 Forum.