I only managed an hour today. I am definitely past half way now with all of the outboard side sanded except as mentioned yesterday for a lot of un-sanded low spots that I have to decide to either fill or keep sanding down to flat. If I decided to keep sanding then I have about […]
Another 2 hours sanding today and I think I am now past halfway. I have about a meter to do on the outboard side and have done about 3 meters at the bow of the inboard side and a meter at the stern. So I have done more than I have to go on the […]
Not much to report. I have done another 2 hours on the sanding of the hull but perhaps I am getting more efficient because I think I am at about 40% done on the bog sand back now. I think I might get it finished in the next week or so, if I can stay […]
I managed about 3 hours sanding today and am just over a quarter of the way (30%) done on the bog sand back. I have burnt out another random orbital sander, both went the same way, they spin freely (and fast) when not touching the disc but the moment you touch the disc to the […]
I have stated sanding the starboard hull. I know I am starting to sound monotonous on this but sanding really sucks. I hate it and I can’t imagine anyone liking it. It is tiring, dusty but most of all boring work. I find myself daydreaming a lot while I am sanding. Mostly about launch day […]
The starboard hull now has a rock hard layer of bog over it. A relief. I am now ready to start sanding again. That will probably start tomorrow. We worked very hard at it on the weekend so I have decided that a couple of days off while the bog fully hardens is not such […]
We fronted up again today to bog the hull. It was still a little tacky, which I saw as a good thing on 2 counts, the bog would not run as easily across the tacky surface but more importantly confirmed that the glass was still green ensuring a good chemical bond. The long term readers […]
Today Jo, Jake (Jo’s youngest son) and I put in a total of 24 man-hours and completely glassed the hull. We took plenty of photos, but I am so tired that I will have to update the site properly in a couple of days, tomorrow the 3 of us are going to bog the hull […]
With the Starboard hull glassed and bogged (on the 1st and 2nd of the month, the next task is fairing (sanding!). So this month I am hoping to pretty much finish this hull to roll over, that means sanding the bog to fair and applying the highbuild and fairing that even further and then the […]
I have almost completed the chine sanding. I still have about a meter on both sides of the hull at the stern to do and about 3 meters of the keel at the bow, and I also have to fill some holes here and there, mostly on the keel, and then sand them. I figure […]
