Trimmed and ready for bulkheads

Categories: Main Hull
I swear, dad must be working on the boat just to see if I’m paying attention to the occasional web-cam picture while I’m in San Francisco 🙂 2287 Looks like I see one or two alignment jigs across the battens which means he might start putting some bulkheads in soon…

Updated main hull picture

Categories: Main Hull
Here’s the main hull half fully laminated. You’ll notice some areas of fabric that were not wet-out – these will get trimmed off as there it plenty of over-lap and it was easier to do after cured then before. 2282

Finished laminating first main hull half

Categories: Main Hull
Was able to come home for a few days this weekend and at the last minute had some time to head down to the shop and see what could be done. Thanks to dad’s efforts bogging and sanding, we were able to do some minor prep-work and then get to laminating the remainder of the inner skin. 2277 Here I am wetting out the deck area. It was real nerve-racking a few times trying to find a place to step that my weight wouldn’t just push through while at the same time not plopping myself in a puddle of epoxy.

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