I have started to sand the underwing, like most fairing it is not a pleasant job but it isn’t as back breaking as it would be upside down, so I am happy to do it before I raise the deck. I am about 1/3 done. I
The bog was not fully set enough today to sand it so I will start on that tomorrow. Today I made the stern stiffener ends, tapering out. I had originally planed to make these out of foam that I made with the pvc as a
I sanded the bridgedeck on Wednesday. I feathered the tapes out which means I sanded the edge off the step that the tape makes in order to make the transition from no tape to the full height of the tape (less than 1mm)
I have to taper out the stiffeners front and rear. The front ones will follow the curve of the bridgedeck so I will make those once the bridgedeck is up and I can shape them to the curve. But the rear ones I will make
Today all I did was remove the peel ply from the stiffeners that I glassed yesterday. I had hoped to be a little further advanced, perhaps with the fairing already done. That step is next and the glassing in of the
I have been pondering the various options of how to make the bridgedeck stiffeners. After I had bought the rectangle tubes at $38 each for 3 meter lengths for a total of $190 James suggested it would be cheaper to make
I cant believe I didn’t get an email to tell me I had my months mixed up. The start of the new season is next month! So a bit early to update on PureSeal, I did have a look at the plates but will report at the
As has become customary for the start of each season, the PureSeal plate gets an inspection and a report. This morning I forgot to go and check them so I will report on them tomorrow. Back on the boat build, I have
With the hulls now joined, it is now time to raise the bridgedeck and finish the platform of the boat. I will lose a week (and a weekend) of boatbuilding at the end of the month for the Sanctuary Cove boat show so I am
