Inadvertent Drop Test
It’s good to do strength tests as you build, but it’s hard to know when and even harder to stop forward progress to make the time. Well, the other day […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Almost Buttoned Up
Today I placed the last full length strip on the hull’s first outer layer. Yipeeee! From here, I cut pieces for all the missing strip pieces, fill gaps, and sand. […]
Prepping to Sand a Bit
It’s a little chilly and the epoxy is hard to get out of the pumps, so until it warms up a bit I’ll trim of the wild strips, remove screws […]
Beautiful Plywood
I don’t think I appreciated plywood until this build. Solid woods, particularly hardwoods were always king and they still are. But I have warmed to the beauty of this Okoume […]
Hatch is Placed and Faired
Hatch is placed and sanded(“faired”). After dry fitting the hatch I had to climb in a porthole in order to screw in the temporary side jams. It was a tight […]
Nighttime Epoxy for Hatch Entry
It gets dark so early now! I guess I’ve been in the shop a bit recently because by 5:00 I had to put up a clamp light to finish clamping […]
Prepping Back Hatch for Portholes
Before stripping the aft all framing elements have to be built and faired. The last piece is the aft hatch. No need for giant port lights that open and close […]
