htmlstart snipe . July 2009 - Snipe Project jpg 090703_045p . 1 BC EB Martha sanding inside the hull jpg 090705_049p . 1 BC EB Varnishing inside jpg 090717_3621m . 1 BC EB Laying out the part shown in the next picture jpg 090718_3623m . 1 BC EB Deck support with hole for mast jpg 090718_3624m . 1 BC EB The rear sections of rub rails had come loose.
Attaching them with epoxy glue and clamps. jpg 090718_3625m . 1 BC EB Clamps and ropes galore jpg 090718_3627m . 1 BC EB New foredeck and mast support in place jpg 090718_3628m . 1 BC EB Progress jpg 090718_3631m . 1 BC EB Our OSHA certified work space jpg 090720_3649m . 1 BC EB Mrking new deck panel jpg 090721_3652m . 1 BC EB Deck panels roughed in jpg 090721_3663m . 1 BC EB 090721_3663m jpg 090721_3683m . 1 BC EB 090721_3683m jpg 090721_3689m . 1 BC EB Sun on sea grass jpg 090721_3695m . 1 BC EB Brrrr jpg 090722_3697m . 1 BC EB Snipe fittings jpg 090723_3701m . 1 BC EB Getting ready to invert jpg 090723_3706m . 1 BC EB Starting to roll over jpg 090723_3708m . 1 BC EB Rolling jpg 090723_3709m . 1 BC EB Inverted jpg 090724_3715m . 1 BC EB Ready for bottom work jpg 090724_3717m . 1 BC EB 090724_3717m jpg 090709_579m . 1 BC EB Hull partially stripped jpg 090710_051p . 1 BC EB Martha with paint stripper and scraper jpg 090713_3595m . 1 BC EB Doug George checking sails jpg 090710_3590m . 1 BC EB Hull after stripping with paint remover jpg 090713_3597m . 1 BC EB Doug and Peter sanding jpg 090713_3602m . 1 BC EB Hull clean, proud papa jpg 090713_3606m . 1 BC EB A large epoxy fill. One of many Doug George
tricks: top to bottom: rock, board, plastic,
epoxy filler, hull. The trick keeps the fill flat
so there is less sanding. jpg 090713_3605m . 1 BC EB Filling rub rail gap with thickened epoxy jpg 090713_3608m . 1 BC EB Patching rough spots jpg 090715_3615m . 1 BC EB Martha varnishing jpg 090715_3619m . 1 BC EB First varnish coat done jpg 090717_3620m . 1 BC EB Milo is very interested in the Snipe project jpg 090725_3725m . 1 BC EB Peter varnishing jpg 090725_3732m . 1 BC EB Martha varnishing jpg 090725_3734m . 1 BC EB First coat complete jpg 090730_063p . 1 BC EB Hull sanded, ready for second coat of varnish jpg 090730_068p . 1 BC EB Second coat of varnish completed jpg 090730_074p . 1 BC EB Anatomy of a patch: a bad place in plywood
filled with epoxy thickended with filler. jpg 090730_075p . 1 BC EB Covered with plastic jpg 090730_076p . 1 BC EB Then a board jpg 090730_077p . 1 BC EB Finally, some weight jpg 090731_079p . 1 BC EB Inverting alone requires use of a winch,
at left, mounted on the beam jpg 090731_081p . 1 BC EB Ropes, pulleys,etc. (flash picture) jpg 090731_082p . 1 BC EB The box in foreground (with red &
black wires) is the winch control jpg 090731_084p . 1 BC EB More ropes and pulleys jpg 090731_085p . 1 BC EB Part way through the invert jpg 090731_086p . 1 BC EB Right side up and only minor damage jpg 090801_087p . 1 BC EB Mast hole trim piece jpg 090801_088p . 1 BC EB Chain plate htmlend