Received an update from Ian today regarding the plans. He sent out a materials list which, at first glance, doesn’t seem too far off from what we have. Might need more fiberglass further during the project, but that’s going to depend on too many factors to tell right now. Will most likely need a little more resin as well, but hopefully not too much.
I just realized that I didn’t take a single picture of the completed center bulkhead that we unwrapped today from yesterday’s infusion. Regardless, that is complete and I infused the forward beam bulkhead today.
249 Majority of the time was spent with the first foam plank for the hull – as this is something we’d never done before and it took some trial and error to figure it all out.
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I went into today with two goals. I wanted to cut materials and infuse a second bulkhead and I wanted us to have the battens in place on the frames so we could start planking foam tomorrow.
Second infusion went much smoother this time. I read Steve’s CD and learned a lot from it on some simple mistakes I made the first time that made a world of difference.
185 Sadly, there was a casualty today.
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