Here's some of the things I've crossed off the list during the past week;
- Once the rounded transom was installed I had to fill the gap between the Plascore bottom and the vertical portion of the transom. I used epoxy peanut butter that was very stiff, it needed to be thick enough not to run down and through the gap.
- Once the gap was filled, I sanded the peanut butter and finish sanded the mahogany plywood on the inside of the rounded transom.
- I flow coated the mahogany plywood on the inside of the transom with two coats of epoxy.
- Once the flow coat was dry I sanded the surfaces and prepared the rounded transom at the junction of the bottom to receive the bi-axial cloth.
- I had previously applied the bi-axial cloth on all the interior chine everywhere except where I still had to install the rounded transom.
- I had to do about 3 lin. feet of Bi-axial at the stern.
- Once the Bi-axial cloth had dried overnight I sanded the entire interior chine with 80 grit with my random orbital sander.
- I sanded the interior sides with 220 grit and cleaned everything up, epoxy drips, pencil marks etc.
- I cut a temporary spreader at the stern area to use as a template for the final one. I fit it and installed it.
- I cut the bottom stretchers to fit, (they were both short when cut to the dimensions shown on the plan). I also reinforced them by adding gussets(4) scribed to the sides.
- I added gussets (4) to the top spreaders
- I vacuumed up the inside and got Zack to help me flip the boat over.
So here's a video that shows the progress through today, Saturday.
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