Today, I applied masking tape, bottom paint and hull top coat paint. Next weekend I will take a longboard to the top coat and will apply the final coat and white boot stripe. Started at 7:00 am and ended at 1:00 pm.
Current Projects
Reading for Masking and Painting
Today was spent sanding the faring compound, reading it for masking and painting. Started at 10:30 am and ended 6:00 pm.
Pelicano 18 – Ash Taint Guard
July 7 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm: cut and milled rough 1×12 ash stock for the taint guard. From 8:45pm to 10:30pm: sanded hull preparing for faring compound. July 8 from 7:30 am to 9:30 am: applied final epoxy wood fillet to the keel and fiber glassed it to the boat. From noon to…
Pelicano 18 – Purple Heart Keel
I passed on the faring compound today and cut, fit and mounted the purple heart keel. I need to fiber glass the keel to the hull so to apply faring compound at this time would be putting the cart before the horse. Started at 9:30 am and ended at 2:30 pm.
Pelicano 18 – Fairing and Fiber Glass
Today I fared the entire hull and then fiber glassed it. Tomorrow I will put faring compound over the hull, sand it smooth and prepare it for paint. Started at 7:30 am and ended at 1:00 pm.
Pelicano 18 – Fiber Glass
June 30 from 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm: fared hull with 80 grit in preparation for fiber glass tape. July 1 from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm: taped all seams with double layer of 6 ounce fiber glass. Tomorrow, I will fare all the high spots and fiber glass the hull.
Pelicano 18 – Filling Holes and Seams with Epoxy
Today, I removed all wire stitching and filled the holes and seams with epoxy wood flour. Started 10:15 am and ended 2 pm.
Pelicano 18 – Filling the Taint Seams
From 10:30am-4:30pm today, I attached the 2 sheer plank panels and epoxyed them to the bulkheads and filled the taint seams.
Pelicano 18 – Taking Shape
June 23 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm: epoxy wood floured the two bottom panels to the bulkheads, longitudinals and the keel seam. June 24 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm: cut limber holes and fared out all hard to get to hardened epoxy wood flour application. June 25 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm:…
Pelicano 18 – Strongback, Bow Stitched
Today, I started at 7:00 am setting the #4 bulkhead and finishing strongback set up by 9:30am. I started setting the bottom panels at 9:45 and continued to get the bottom panels set and the bow stitched. The inside bottom to the keel, bulkheads and longitudinals are ready for epoxying. Finished at 1:30pm.