Finally a colour match

[FrankS]

After searching here and other sites I was no closer to finding a match for Sabre Knight's blue, I borrowed a RAL chart and took it to the boat and discovered that RAL5001 Steel Blue from their Classic range is a near identical match.

I rolled and took off with a badger brush the traditional coach painter's way and have got a decent finish, I'll wet sand tomorrow and give it 2 more coats.

Note all the windows are also back in after being de-anodised and machine polished.

[Folly Reach]

I'm intrigued by your "de-anodizing" of the windows.
I guess that they were not looking good but now they are going to deteriorat at a much faster rate or are you going to paint them?

[FrankS]

They were stripped with caustic soda and then machine polished to a mirror finish, then clear laquered to protect them, then laquer won't be as corrosion resistant as adonisation but should last 3 years before needing to be re-coated. I prefer the mirror finish.