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It's a mellow yellow
Lagoda had spent 5 years moored outside Tata Steel Port Talbot steel works, and everytime the factory "blew off" the boats on the moorings were given a fresh coat of what ever the nasty stuff that comes out of steel factories is. This, along with 5 years or so of neglect led to the yellowing of the upper deck.
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Yummy Scummy
The usual scum lines that boats living on drying moorings attract clearly evident. Addam made short work of cleaning the hull in the little tender, she looked so much better for his elbow grease.
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Yuck!!!
As shown, the amount of dried on crud that had collected on the mast, spreaders and deck was soon vanished with the hard work and graft put in by Addam, Ian and myself on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year.
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Sorted
Addam wiping down the last of the cleaning residue from the mast whilst Ian untangled the standing rigging and the halyards for readying the stepping of the mast
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Nice....... not
This shot shows the state of the discoloration of the GRP after it had been scrubbed with various cleaning solutions.
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Cillit Bang by the bucket
This photo shows what happens when you accidentally spill Cillit Bang on yellowed GRP. I'll have some of that me thinks.
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So there you have it
Looking all-white now we think. New polycarbonate in the windows which need a bit of trim to tidy them up, the old ones has cracked and crazed and made for it being quite dim and gloomy inside. (see projects) Now it's really bright inside and you can see whats going on outside quite easily.