it ain't pretty

It's not pretty but it will work. Today my daughter Sam and I built a cradle for the boat to sit in when we flip her weekend after next. The timbers are the old frame work from the deck behind the house which I managed to salvage when I put the paving down. A bit mucky but why spend money on good timber for a once off frame. Next weekend I will spend some time sanding the outer chines to get rid of the excess glass and to be ready for turning. Have a good week and see you all soon.

Good progress

This weekend we glassed the bottom of the boat. It took around 5 hours spread over 2 days. I have allowed a 100mm (4 inch) overlap on the centre line of the boat to maximise stiffness in that area. Total weight added was 9.04 kilograms. This girly is starting to put on some weight 😁😁.

8 pots with 250g resin in each ready to go. We then zeroed the scales and added hardner as needed (75g per pot)

Starboard side.

Port side

Bow area.

Covers off trying to get some sun and heat into the epoxy to set it up quicker.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment or ask any questions.

Cheers Jay