The 2009 season saw the boat get renamed from Aston Broadsword to Sweet Freedom but due to circumstances (not least of all that money was too tight to get her out and paint her at the beginning of 2009 due to massive set-up costs for the business), she remained in her original Aston colours.
The 2010 season will see her rather differently - here's her story in pictures....
Sanded, filled and sanded, Sweet Freedom is ready for undercoat.
Undercoat x 2 on and dried and ready for gloss
Sweet Freedom in her new livery.
We've had to abandon work in the shed today now as two boats are both drying - there's now three coats of gloss on Sweet Freedom and two coats of undercoat on the private boat we're working on beside her. Whilst they're drying, there's nothing more we can do.
Sweet has a few blemishes that need touching up and once the paint is dry, we'll mask up for the final painting of the antifoul line. Then it will be ready for the application of the polish (many coats) that we hope will keep her shining throughout next season and also make it easier to clean the waterline. We'll be refreshing the cockpit paintwork and varnish too.
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