Not too much to say so I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Have found the heat gun really helps get the curve right near the keel – especially towards the bow.
Battens in place:
2202 First planks go down:
2208 Almost to the bow…
2211 The plan is to get the hull planked from the keel to the gunwale, bog the seams, and glass it. After that we’ll continue up to the deck and start placing bulkheads.
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Dad informed me yesterday that Plan Book 2 arrived in the mail. Am anxiously awaiting flipping through it and wishing we were a little closer to needing it.
Will need to make a few adjustments to the float decks when they come out of storage (very small adjustments regarding some extra re-enforcing for two beam bolts) – at that time we’ll also attach the wing-net rail since we received that update after putting them in storage.
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Whew. What a good “vacation” from work the past few days. Have managed to get some work done and things should start getting even more interesting soon!
First, a picture of the stack of flat panels for the main hull. Only a few left to make that aren’t needed any time soon.
2165 Even though it’s not as cold down here as it is for you Northerners – the drop in temperature has made the garage cold and epoxy thick.
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