God I hate sanding epoxy.

The next task was to fair of the epoxied hull which was a very labourious job and not much fun. Even though i was suing and electric sander the epoxy is still very hard and clogs the sandpaper very quickly. Anyway it was conpleted after too days and the next step was to build a cradle to hold the boat.

Glassing

Today the out side of the hull was sheather in glass fibre and epoxy resin. This was done with a team of 5 people and was complted sucsessfully. Unfortunatly I didnt manage to get any photo except of the boat draped in glass fibre.

Fairing time

Now the hard work begins. The fairing the of the hull begins using block planes and a lot of sand paper. Unfortunatley the hull is quite delicate and so no power tools allowed and so a lot elbow grease is required. Due to the toxcicity of the cedar dust created the boat has been tented off to protect the others working in the area.

Up to the Centreline

Today we reached the centre line with the planking. A straight line was then cup along the center line and planking was continued on the other side. This is were the progress slows up as each plank ends have to be fit up to the centre line. Althought the bottom of the boat now becomes a good workbench.

More Planking

The planking continues.

Planking begins

And so the planking begins. Paul can be seen stapling the planks down to the moulds. Each plank is edge glued to the previous one and glued to the apron.

Fairing off the apron

The next step was to fair th eqpron so the planks lie flat against it. Onec this was done the sheer plank was fitted and checked for fairness. On the side of the building box are all of the strips used for the planking.