I’m going to back up a few weeks to say that due to a lack of thought when attaching the deck to the port float, the reference lines I needed for extra layers of fiberglass at the large access hatch were not transferred to the visible side. Some measurements were made and a few cuts with the hole saw made in order to feel for the stringers inside. When we glassed the deck in place, a big assumption was made that the access holes I drilled in the deck would be in the same area as the large access hatch… Was finally able to go to the storage unit with a tape measure to measure where the hatch ended up on the starboard float (yes – this should have been done before the hole was cut….
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Shaped the keel this weekend and started filling screw holes and joins on the outside of the floats. Also bonded the deck to the port float and screwed down into place.
1873 Most of the screw holes from the deck bonding are filled and sanded down. Still need to rough-fair the exterior of the deck and float sides, radius the deck-edge join and glue/shape the bow cap before external laminating.
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Was not able to get as much done this weekend as I wanted due to weather, but accomplished a good deal with some goals set for next weekend.
I realize this is the same thing only on a different float, so bear with me until more interesting things happen. 🙂
Masked out the deck and made sure to mark all my reference lines dark
1842 Tried to use as much scrap off-cuts as possible for both the deck AND the fabric.
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