Month: December 2012

Sunday, today I spent 2 hours fairing the hull and then just less than an hour masking and applying the first coat of topcoat paint.

Friday. Yesterday I glassed the hull and cut and fit the skeg and keel shoe. This morning I knocked off the high spots with 60 grit and applied a coat of West Systems 410 fairing compound. I will give it a full 24 hours of dry time before I sand the complete hull with 120…

Wednesday. It’s about 8:30 in the evening, and I spent the last 3 hours or so finishing up the interior. The last coat of whiting and the 5th coat of varnish. When the varnish is bone dry, I’ll turn the boat over and begin to glass the hull. I hope you all had a wonderful…

Sunday. The interior is all but finished. The 3rd and last coat of white top coat paint needs to be applied. Along with 4 more coats of varnish on her brightwork. I used 1-1/32″ clear D. Fir stock for her gunwales. To bend them they had to cook in the steam box for just over…

Sunday. Today I faired out all the interior seams with 80 grit and applied the first coat of paint after a couple of days of prep. One day taping the seams with fiberglass and the other knocking off the high spots with 60 grit and then applying West Systems 410 fairing compound. The dog photo…

Currently, I’m building a Devlin 5×10 skiff for the Wahkihakam County Historical Society. They will be selling raffle tickets over a 9 month period. I’m not going into a lot of detail because this will be the fourth or fifth 5×10 I’ve built. If you would like details, the past projects can be pulled up…