December 29, 2011; 1:00 pm-4:30 pm; day 38. Today, I sanded the 2nd coat with 220 grit, cleaned and applied the 3rd coat.
Month: December 2011
Eider: Painting the Interior Part 2
December 28, 2011; 6:00 am – noon; day 37. Today I sanded the first coat with 120 grit, prepped and painted the 2nd coat of interior paint. One more to go!
Eider: Painting the Interior
December 23, 2011; 7:30 am – noon; day 36. Today, I put on the first of three coats of paint on the interior of the Eider.
Eider: Preparing the Interior for Paint
December 22, 2011; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; day 35. Today, I sanded the interior for the 1st coat of paint.
Eider: Deck Spurs
December 18, 2011; 6:00 am – 9:30 am; day 34. This morning I sanded off the high spots of the fiberglass edges, made and installed the two deck spurs midship in the cabin. I then mixed epoxy with WESTS 410 fairing compound and applied it to the cockpit deck and also a few places in…
Eider: Cockpit Deck
December 16, 2011; 7:30 am – noon; day 33. Today I filled and glassed the cockpit deck, installed the bow “D” ring, then glassed in the anchor locker.
Eider: Building Floors
December 15, 2011; 6:00 am – 1:00 pm; day 32. Today I put epoxy wood filler in all the intersections of the floors and longitudinals then fiberglassed them. I then epoxied all plywood that will be sealed under the cockpit deck. I cut the 2) 8″ deck plate holes and fastened down the cockpit deck…
Eider: Cabin Bunks
December 9, 2011; 9:00 am – 2:30 pm; day 31. Today I cut, fit, and installed all the bunk soles. I had a visitor today. Kirk Graham drove down from Port Townsend to check out how “Eider” is coming along. Kirk owns the original 1980 Sam Devlin built “Eider”. He was pretty stoked! I also…
Eider: Cabin Floors
December 8, 2011; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; day 30. Today I built the main cabin floors. At this point it’s hard to tell, but there will be a short, narrow hallway. I will make a padded filler for that area so as to make up a double bunk.
Eider: Self-Bilging Cockpit Floor
December 7, 2011; 8:00 am – 1:00 pm; day 29. Today I cut and fit the self-bilging cockpit floor. I added a 1″ slope toward the stern. I will add a bilge pump at the lowest point in the cabin that will pump out onto the cockpit floor. This cockpit floor will be permanently glued…