Month: November 2011

November 10, 2011; 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. Today is day 17. I cut and fixed, glued and screwed 1 1/2″x 1/4″ UHMW to the bottom of the keel shoe and bilge keels. Then longboarded the hull again with 120 grit and added another coat of filler to the low spots.

November 9, 2011; 9:15 am – 11:30 am. Today is day 16, and I prepped the hull for painting by sanding, dusting and masking. Then, I applied the first coat of Jade Green hull paint. This is just one of three to four coats. I have to longboard sand and fill between each coat.

November 5, 2011; 8:15 am – 4:15 pm. Today was another long day of longboard sanding. I also added a layer of the white fairing filler.

November 4, 2011; 9:30 am – 5:00 pm. This is day 14. Last night after dinner I spent 1 1/2 hours putting a thin top coat of fairing compound over the hull. Today I built the keel shoe, stem, bilge keels and then fit and installed them with epoxy and screws. I added the bilge…

November 3, 2011; 7:00 am – 3:15 pm. It was a long day of pure labor!!! I longboarded the complete hull with 40 grit. Tonight after dinner I plan to mix up some tick 410 compound and fill all the shiny spots on the hull. Tomorrow I will hit it again with the longboard but…

November 2, 2011; 9:00 am – 1:30 pm. Today, I took a longboard with 40 grit and hit the hull knocking off all the high spots. Then I applied 410 fairing compound to the complete hull. I also put the first coat of varnish to the transom

November 1, 2011; 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. Today, with the help of my friend Johnny G, we glassed the hull. Johnny mixed the resin and hardener while I spread the epoxy over the glass cloth. Tomorrow longboard sand and faring compound.