Over the past lord only knows how many nights, Paddy has been lurking in his shed pasting fibreglass into moulds and inhaling all manner of chemicals.
This has all been in the name of plastic surgery for Wildflower – eyebrows to be precise.
Like eyebrows for people – which are designed to keep sweat out of our eyes – eyebrows for boats are designed to keep water (rain, sea spray) out of open windows.
This weekend we got the chance to complete Wildflower’s facelift and since so much work went into these things I feel the event should be documented.
Paddy was so persnikety about his work that we even ended up with a spare – one perfectly fine specimen hit the cutting room floor just because it had a couple of tiny green splodges.
Like plastic surgery, you have to mark where the work will be done…
And then there’s the heavy-duty eyebrow trimming
And finally the application.
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Don't hate me because I'm beautiful - The bandages will come off tomorrow and an extra layer of sealant put around the edges and she’ll be good to go.
- It was a labour of love for Paddy but he did an awesome job. The amount of work he’s done to make Wildflower what she is is phenomenal. I’m really proud of him – and his beautiful boat.
