August 2016 - Boat Building

Working on the afterdeck.
Previously we glassed the interior hull sides. No pictures.


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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Filling a gap with epoxied caulking

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Patching a bad seam

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Divots and seams filled with fillet mix. All will be sanded.

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Glassing starboard side with epoxy

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Drip epoxy, then spread with spatula

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Try to fill weave with a uniform layer of epoxy

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Trim excess cloth before epoxy cures

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Trim excess cloth before epoxy cures

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Martha laying port side cloth

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Ready for port side epoxy

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Epoxy started

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Almost done

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Buffer with scouring pad, water - epoxy film begone!

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Finish coat - epoxy with sanding filler

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Afterdeck done except for a few "details"

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Trial assembly of dash and bulkhead panels

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Gluing supports to cabin bulkhead panels

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Sliding bulkhead panel into place carefully. Glue everywhere.

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Two bulkhead panels glued. Dash coming in a few minutes.

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Not perfect but not bad.

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Bulkhead and dash glued in. The last of the tricky structural jobs.

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Port side cabin roof panel, underside, epoxy clear coated

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Applying filler coat

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Clear coating port side roof panel, weather surface

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Same panel, applying filler coat

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
The cutting table

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Martha laying cloth on starboard roof panel, weather surface

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Trimming excess

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
Beginning epoxy saturation coat

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Edna Bay, BC - 2016
It takes lots of epoxy