Good idea Kayak Jack. I may just do that ... means I have to build more boats .
Surfman, yes it was a challenge ... actually it is work in progress but we're just about there.
If you look closely you can see the repaired break stressed. I've gone down this path before. Patched it up with glass and a lot of work fairing but the results were ok (I guess). Matt any advice?
Some more pics:
I read about this idea of using a ladder somewhere .
The ladder trick is for just providing a work surface or if you needed to nuilt a "poor-mans" strongback.
As for the fairing, feather the edges of the fiberglass. You'll be putting another layer over that for the seams and the small bump will all but disappear.
I guess if I keep building boats, I should build myself a real strongback if only as a nice working surface.
Thanks Matt for such as nice design. I love the skeg. It was a nice surprise.
You may notice that I put spacers between the panels and hull. This caused a gentle inward bend on the tumble home panels. I thought it looked nice so I decided not to trim the transom to allow for the spacers. I'll add the outer piece of the transom later.
Today we finished the tack welding:
I took your advice to heart and cleaned up before the epoxy cured. Today was especially hot here. The welds were hard in about 2 hours. We course did not yet dare to move it, better wait till tomorrow.
While I was at my day job, I had my brother-in-law to remove the stitches and finish the tack welding. This evening we removed her from her frames and the outer edge of the tumblehome panel came out with a lot of unfair portions. I'm thinking this is to be expected since the gunwhales aren't installed yet. Is this right?
My next question now is should I install the rubrail so when I glass her her surfaces are somewhat fairer? I really don't know but I'm worried that if I glass the tumblehome as it is now it will stay this way.
Did you apply clear packaging tape over the frames? You shouldn't have had to remove the frames with the packaging tape in place.
At this point, I'd re-install the frames and see if that reshapes the panels. If so, proceed with fiberglassing. If not, you could install the gunwales.
Yes, Matt, the frames do have packing tape over their edges which is why it was really easy to remove them. It would be no problem reinstalling them. I'll do that first thing tomorrow.
Even with the frames Matt, I think the edges of the tumblehome panels will be a bit flimsy. Would it cause any problems if I fit the glass then clamp it against the hull with the rubrails? This way the tumblehome panel will be as fair as it will get at this point.
I'd of course shield the rubrail with packing tape as well as the area of hull where the rubrail goes.
Today was a holiday here so, it was sunrise to sunset - a whole day of fun , despite the heat. Alas ... sanding begins. We finished rounding all the outer joints and started to fillet the inside but ran out of epoxy .
Listen to the designer folks. Matt's instructions were to put the transom pieces together before attaching it to the hull. If I had done that I could have puttied the joint already.
Matt, you can see the rubrail I was trying to fit. The piece is exactly 12mm thick and 25mm wide but it is still rather hard to bend. The wood is sundried Philippine Mahogany. I'd like to use this but I don't think I can temporarily attach it as we discussed early to get tumblehome panel into is "final" shape while I glass. I'd rather have a fair boat than hardwood gunwhales so I'm now seriously considering using plywood. What should I do?
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