A burst of motivation from other F-Boats

Categories: Misc Boat
Dad was playing at Wurstfest today in New Braunfels and I had to run an errand back up north. On the way back I decided to see if he wanted to meet at Canyon Lake (where we have our current monohull slipped) to see if the Yacht Club was open to the public for the Wurstfest Regatta. My hopes were that since the big Multihull race is Sunday, maybe there are some F-Boats just hanging around.

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Port float deck and aft beam mounts

Categories: Finishing Main Hull
Shaped and glassed over chainplate and then put down base fairing for deck on port float 2062 While this was drying I quickly touched up the daggerboard case and put it “away” on top of the scaffold until it’s needed before joining the main hull halves 2086 Glued together the mold for the wing net rail supports (still need to round over the edges) 2072 I did a little sanding before I ran out of steam, and then decided to play with the beam mounts that came in last week.

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One step closer…

Categories: Finishing Main Hull
Outside face of the port float is ALMOST ready for primer. Put the last few bits of filler on the remaining pinholes late this evening but took no pictures. Am really impressed and pleased at how good this side came out, as neither of us thought it would look very good. The outside face of the port float was the very first half we planked, and part of it cracked moving it outside many months ago.

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