Category: Eider Sailboat

February 4, 2012; 7:30 am – 10:30 am; day #55. Today I prepared for the job of masking and applying the 410 fairing compound to the decks by sanding nearly all surfaces. A short day today, I will be attending an old family friend’s memorial service. Yesterday I helped my good friend Johnny G. put…

February 2, 2012; 7:00 am – 3:30 pm; day #54. Today I built and installed the cockpit combing and winch blocks.

February 1, 2012; 8:30 am – 2:00 pm; day #53. Today I removed all the cabin fir planking. I then re-fastened it with epoxy and s.s. screws. After that job I moved right to mixing epoxy with wood flour and filled all edges and seams.

January 31, 2012; 8:30 am – 3:00 pm, day #51. I’m back on the job! I took last week off. Today I cut and fit the fir planking to the cabin. Tomorrow I will remove it and re-fasten it with epoxy. I also glued and clamped the backing for the cockpit combing on the starboard…

January 22, 2012; 8:00 am – 1:00 pm; day 51. Today I faired the cabin topdeck, then cleaned up a bit before laying the fiberglass down. I took a few more inside shots. Up forward I would like to point out two things. The two holes, 1 is for access to the anchor locker and…

January 21, 2012; 8:00 am – 11:30 am; day #50. Yesterday I spent 30 minutes adding a couple more coats of paint to the underside of the 1st 1/4″ ply cabin topdeck. By painting the undersides before fitting them, your interior is nearly complete. Today I fit the first 1/4″ ply to the cabin topdeck….

January 19, 2011; 11:00 am – 4:00 pm; day 48. Today, I cut and fit the first 1/4″ ply to the top deck. Then I removed it and painted the first of three coats to the underside and the insides is the cabin sides.

January 15, 2012. Removed some clamps and cleaned up a bit.

January 14, 2012; day 47. I fit and glued the first sheet of 1/4″ deck and then I cold molded the second sheet of 1/4″ plywood to the first sheet. This make for a 10 ply 1/2″ deck. Once it’s glassed to the sides of the cabin, forward bulkhead and the gunwale clamps it make…

January 13, 2012. Last night, this morning and this afternoon I took a couple of hours putting 3 coats of paint on the underside of the plywood deck.