A very exciting day, though not *quite* as complete as I really wanted (what can I say – tired, sore and hungry… it was quittin’ time)
Started today off with the surprise of a third float half that had the keel foam cut and sanded and the deck flange trimmed
762 This meant we could go straight to work getting the half suspended above into place and start marking areas that needed to be trimmed for a proper fit.
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Had a lot of positive feelings from yesterday. It’s nice to look up at the ceiling and see the first of four float halves completed. We started on the second float half today.
Dad spent most of the afternoon cleaning and starting to plank the second half
466 While I infused the middle bulkhead and the forward beam bulkhead
473 Put a pretty good dent in things and left it here for this evening
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Today was an unexpected milestone (I actually was planning on this happening next week, so to have everything in place and dry enough for today was a treat).
Before we could tape in the remaining bulkheads, the transom had to be realigned. Apparently when planking down the foam, a two strips were not fully contacting the batten closest to the keel and the bulkhead was way off. Cut away some of the glass where it gets removed anyway and screwed into the battens.
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