Current Projects

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.

October 29, 2011; 10:00 am – 1:30 pm. This is the 10th day into the project. Today was another short day. I fared out the hull making it completely smooth. Then, I filled all the holes and feathered out all scarf seams.

October 28, 2011; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Today, rather than getting right to prepping the hull for fiberglass, I decided to plank the 3/4″ plywood transom with clear full 1″ x 5″ old growth fir. After planing, cutting and fitting the plank to size I glued and screwed them into place with epoxy. Then…

October 27, 2011; 10:30 am – 1:00 pm. Today, I just tab/welded the inside seams. I simply put epoxy with wood flour between each stitch. I also ran this thickened epoxy down both sides of each bulkhead….where the bulkheads meet the bottom and side panels.

October 26, 2011; 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Today I started by tabbing the inside seams of the bottom panels with epoxy wood flour. Then I planed the side panels fare and planed a 45 degree angle on the inside edges of those panels. Once that was done my friend Johnny G. showed up to…

October 25, 2011. Today I worked from 9:30 – 2:00 pm with the help of my friend Johnny G. I set the two bottom panels of the hull. If you notice on the 1st photo I used 3/8″ all thread to pull the bow portion of the panels together rather than stitches. With this method…