December 6, 2011; 8:30 am – 2:30 pm; day 28. Today I fit and installed the bushings in both the centerboard and the trunk. While the epoxy around the bushings was drying I fit and installed the cockpit longitudinal. I then installed the trunk beding it in epoxy woodflour.
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Eider: 30 Pounds of Lead
December 1, 2011; 8:30 am – 2:00 pm; day 27. Today I first added another coat of epoxy to the insides of the trunk panels. Then I took the centerboard blank and cut and planed it to its proper measurements. I then lined the balast hole with sheet lead and added some copper nails. This…
Eider: Centerboard Trunk
November 30, 2011; 9:30 am – 3:30 pm; day 26. Today I built the centerboard trunk, cut the hole for it in the bottom of the hull and laminated two pieces of 3/4″ ply for the centerboard itself. I then disassembled and fiberglassed the inside of the trunk.
Eider: Sanding the Cockpit
November 26, 2011; 11:00 am – 4:00 pm; day 25. I started sanding the cockpit then moved to cutting the bulkheads to there proper shapes.
Eider: Fiberglass Edges
November 24, 2011; 11:00 am – 4:00 pm; day 24. Today I feathered out the fiberglass edges and seams with WEST’s 410 fairing filler.
Eider: Filling the Inside Seams
November 23, 2011. The last couple of days I’ve worked 8 1/2 hours combined. I have filled all the inside seams with epoxy wood flour and then fiberglassed them. This is always a suck job!!!! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there!
Eider: Grinding the Inside Seams
November 19, 2011; Day 22. I worked for just 2 1/2 hours today because my neighbor needed more help hauling gravel. I spent the the short time in the shop grinding the inside seams, prepping them for the fiberglass taping. I shot a quick photo of this morning’s Fall, foggy sunrise. I love this time…
Eider: Removing the Cradle
November 18, 2011; day 20. I only worked a couple of hours on the boat today. I removed the cradle and set the boat at her waterline. Then, I went and helped a neighbor haul some gravel.
Eider: Flipping Her Over
November 17, 2011; 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, day 20. Today, I built a couple of 1×6 cradles around the boat connecting one to the forward bulkhead and the other to the mid cockpit bulkhead. These were made using scrap plywood and lumber. After these were built and attached, I turned her over using 4…
Eider: 3rd Coat of Hull Paint
November 12, 2011. After dinner I worked for an hour and a half masking off and sanding the green hull paint with 220 grit sand paper and an orbital sander. This was a very light and quick sanding. Then I added a 3rd cost of Jade green. The next step will be righting the hull…