february, second half
Sat, 15-Feb-03 Two coats of epoxy to inner surfaces of hull, glue in beamboxes. Purchase gudgeons, pintles, drain sockets
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Sun, 16-Feb-03 Trim deck pieces close to shape, two coats of epoxy to inner surface. Cut insulation board for buoyancy in fore and aft compartments. Fit and epoxy stringers
Tue, 18-Feb-03 Plane gunwhales to give correct gluing contact. Brrr! Frezing weather again, waiting until the weekend for more epoxying...
Fri, 21-Feb-03 Trial fit decks. Opt to screw them on rather than pin - the foredeck has to bend a considerable amount
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Sat, 22-Feb-03 Final epoxying of internal bits. Purchase blocks, fairleads, cleats etc. Epoxy decks to hull. Screws will be removed once epoxy is set
Sun, 23-Feb-03 Trim decks, remove cable ties, start to shape keel
Mon, 24-Feb-03 Shaping keel, cleaning up beamboxes
Tue, 25-Feb-03 Shaping keel
Wed, 26-Feb-03 Filling to fair up slight kink in keel near scarf joints
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Thu, 27-Feb-03 Fairing filling, final shaping of keel and transom, ready to add fibreglass tape reinforcement to keel and transom
What's next? March!
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