I don’t have my electrical plan completely nailed down, but I’ve been giving it a bit of thought as I don’t want to build past any infrastructure I might need in place. Here’s what I’m planning on… I considered a bilge pump but decided against it since the boat will probably be stored dry. Just […]
After the hull sides were completely stitched, I laid fillet ‘tack welds’ along the joints from stem to stern. I then removed the stitches but only from the bow to bulkhead #8. I then ran large fillets along that length only. I stopped at BH8 because I had not yet installed the transom and wanted […]
It’s been about three and a half months since my last post. Since then I’ve done some thinking and work towards electrical components, installed some deck plates and installed the hull sides and transom. None of that took a terribly long time to do. I’ve also been out of town on the weekends a fair […]
I can’t wait to see the floors installed but I don’t want to sand/paint the bilge. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this got me stalled out for a while. Begrudgingly I’ve finally gotten in gear. I had already done the bulk of the bilge sanding but the bulk part is also the easy […]
I hit quite a stall during Christmas and haven’t gotten much done in a while. It’s that bilge. The thought of sanding all those nooks and crannies multiple times I think just ran me down. I did however get all my floorboards ready for install as that part was fairly easy and so more fun […]
In the last post I described what I am going for and how I made sure I had enough sq.ft. of board coverage (length and width). For how I want my sole to look and lay out, there was not enough area with the boards that were included in the kit. To get more coverage, […]
Where to start? I have a whole lot more to go in this build but at least to date this has been the most challenging piece by a long shot. According to other blogs, I’m not alone. Part of the difficulty is simply discerning what the goal is, much less how to accomplish it. As […]
In my last post I had laid down fiberglass for a few of the bilge sections but had yet to roll any epoxy. At this point I have finished all the bilge glassing and finished all sanding but for some touch up spots. Strong Suggestion : Following the lead of several other builders I refrained […]
Having a good place to spread out and get fiberglass off the roll has always been troublesome. I have seen a recommendation to set up a bar for the roll to hang on for spooling off the glass sheeting (Doug Braun maybe?). I rigged one of these up and after cutting fiberglass for half the […]
EpoxyAfter laying all the large fillets in the bilge I realized a need a better way to handle large batches of epoxy, both unthickened and thickened. SandingI have a couple of ideas for sanding fillets that I want to try out. Epoxy Dispensing & Mixing SpigotsThanks to Steve Sawtelle for pointing me to Wolverine Tuff. […]