I am going to have a couple hundred miles on my boat before then
I am kidding , Darrel just has more patience than me. He is doing it the right way.
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
Not much progress today. I ran out of glass and had to run to Ron's house to borrow some. I did feather all of the edges on the glass today and have the boat ready for the two pieces down the edge of the cockpit, so I will finish the fiberglass work in the morning.
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
The boat has two fill coats on the fiberglass and is looking pretty good. I will give it a good sanding tonight to get all of the imperfections out and then one more coat of epoxy. Before I give it the final coat of the epoxy though I am going to put the coaming around the cockpit also. I set it out in the sun for the first time today and I have to say I am totally satisfied in it's appearance so far.
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
Well, I certainly hope you are totally satisfied in it's appearance so far! Mate, that is one be-a-u-ti-ful boat. It looks fantastic. Well done
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
really like your wood selection, got to be getting ansy to have her done and on the water now.
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
yes I am. I have been working on the coaming, really just trying to figure out what will look good. Settled on it last night and started, not enough progress for an update though.
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
I have been working on the boat, but not really a lot to update. I have been putting on the fill coats epoxy (to fill the weave of the fiberglass) and then sanding it back off and repeat to smoothe everything out. I have also been building the coaming around the cockpit which I finished earlier. I might be able to flip it over tonight and put the first coat of graphite impregnated epoxy on the bottom. Anyway here are few pics to update with.
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
wow! That is beautiful!
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Re: Stripped NorthWind
Did'nt get the graphite on, ended up having to work on one of our Firetrucks until 11:00 last night.
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