So I’ve been rather busy this week with things and haven’t had a chance to upload pictures or write progress. I’m back-dating it to when it occurred and apologizing for the slow updates 🙂
Things would go a little quicker if there wasn’t a waiting time involved in bog drying when it comes to fairing. Can usually do a few hours at a time until there’s a spot that just has to get filled in (almost always because we didn’t plank exactly right or similar reasons) – after that the area needs to sit until dry enough to sand without clogging the paper or just crumbling instead of smoothing.
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Took more of the larger offcuts and started laying them out for the port float deck
1234 These were bogged together, sanded and then an outline of the float and areas that required HD foam marked out and put in place. Dad is off to the side making some more tapping blocks for the front pad eye by laminating together scrap fiberglass cloth.
1243 The HD foam then bogged into place
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Spent the first part of the morning fixing the area in the keel taping that had WAY too many bubbles from trying to tape while still on its side.
1228 Once everything was ground out, I smoothed everything over with cab-o-sil where needed and taped using 6″ tape instead of the size called for
1231 This set up pretty quick because of the weather, so the float was taken outside and placed in a position to start working on the keel.
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