I intended to glue the bedroom walls in today but before I could do that the plans say that BH5 needs an additional layer of glass to both sides so the side of the bedrooms needs to be attached before the walls be glued on. I am not sure my boat still needs the extra […]
Glassing or taping is a very satisfying job. It is relatively easy, (except for long upside down taping) but the reason it is satisfying is psychological. Taping sets hard and seals joins and has a feeling of permanence about it. Once done there is no going back, so once something is glassed in and it […]
The catwalk is now glassed into the boat. Yesterday I did some coving with the intention of shaping it today with the sander as opposed to my usual practice of coving and glassing wet on wet. It was set enough to do that but I regretted the decision within minutes! Sanding and grinding upside down […]
The foam stiffening battens I glued on yesterday were still a little green but on well enough for me to round the tops with a router. I then cleaned it up with some sandpaper just hand held. I started by cutting the uni strips that will cove the tops of the foam battens and the […]
I needed to fill some gaps in the sides of the foam joins as I underestimated the shape and size again (I also did that with the daggers due to a kink in them) but as with the daggers, backfilling the gaps was a simple matter if not a little time consuming. I cut the […]
During the week I got the glue and join sanded on the starboard bow inside hull to deck panel on both the inside and outside ready for glass. The joins need to be free from sharp glue dags that would cause bubbles in the glass and also to remove any sharp corners so the transition […]
I had a number of small jobs completed today. I glassed the outside of the second dagger case half and another coat of resin on the inside of the case. I also glued in the keelsons in the starboard hull (which meant I had to remove the deck panel but it is sufficiently set to […]
The benefit of being organised is one job after another can be lined up ready to go. I got 4 different pieces of glass on today, the inside of the second dagger case half, the second daggerboard, and both of the inside bow panels. I also bogged the dagger and I had to cove the […]
I gave the dagger a quick sand on both sides as I was not sure (although I think it was) if the resin was still green, I am positive yesterdays glassing was but not sure about the resin from the day before. So to be absolutely safe and to clean up the leading edge that […]
I had a bit of trouble fairing the trailing edge of the first dagger (and I still have a little filling and sanding to do) because I had not glued the fibreglass batten in perfectly straight. Then when I glassed it the glass just followed the curves of the batten with each layer adding thickness […]
