Thoughts for second float half

Categories: Floats
Have had the past few days away from the project to ponder how this half will happen. Originally I wanted to infuse as much as possible. The first half we ended up doing a hand-layup on – partially because I didn’t give thought to how to get an airtight seal at the deck area, and then by the time I might have thought of a way, it was just there and ready for laminate, begging to do it that night… so I did.

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Answering a few questions

Categories: Misc Boat
Have received a few questions regarding this project and I figured I’d take a minute to put them up here in the hopes that it might assist someone else. First is how big the building space is : As you might be able to tell from the pictures, we’re building diagonally across a 2-car garage. The garage measures approximately 20′ wide by 19′ deep. Not all this space is usable, however – it was a garage first and foremost.

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Starting on the second float half

Categories: Bulkheads Floats
Had a lot of positive feelings from yesterday. It’s nice to look up at the ceiling and see the first of four float halves completed. We started on the second float half today. Dad spent most of the afternoon cleaning and starting to plank the second half 466 While I infused the middle bulkhead and the forward beam bulkhead 473 Put a pretty good dent in things and left it here for this evening

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