Things have been a little busy lately. Trying to sell our house, kids sports, work travel. It all seems to add up to little boat progress and even less in the way of meaningful blog postings. Here are some pictures of a little work that has gone on.
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| Removing this masking tape was a rather terrible job. While designed not to stick if it is left on too long it becomes the biggest waste of time. This marked the level the original builder planned to cut the cabin down. I used abit of heat and a scraper to support the original tape to prevent it from tearing then alcohol to remove the left over glue. Not terribly satisfying work. |
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| I try to add a coat of varnish every time I am out at the shop. The original builder planned to paint the hatches so he ended up clear epoxying over writing and pencil marks. Lucky I don't mind a little industrial character and I'm just varnishing over it all. |
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| This is epoxying in the backplate for the lower gudgeon (the English language should have more words like that). I will overlay some fiberglass once this is set. |
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| Loose fitting some closed cell foam. I got a cheap roll and some cutoffs so I thought I would try and see how it look. I don't like it. I also put a layer of clear epoxy on the inside of the cabin. I'm still too chicken to cut the holes for the windows even they are cut. |
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| Dave B gave me the brilleant idea of using shipping tubes as forms for making the vent stacks. Here it is primed with packing table and some Vaseline. Like the varnish this will take a layer every time I am out at the shop. |
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| After several measurements the piece of tape marks where the mast hole will go. Measure it a few more times and then I'll drill a pilot hole to check for positioning from the inside. You can see the lower pindle on the rudder and the pivot hole for the tip up part of the rudder. |
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| The pilot hole looked to be in a great position from the inside. Line the mast up to use as a rough guild for the angle of the hole. I will also use a protractor while drilling using the hole saw. |
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| Ahhhh. Even though it appears to be correct there is something wrong about cutting through a hull. |
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| Mast fits after a some clearance dremeling. Get that masking tape off quick. |
