Ready to move on

I have done the finish sanding on the fiberglass of the deck tool. (doesn't look much different so no pics.) So its ready for a trip to the paint booth along with the hull plug form. Just need to format the foredeck drawings and take them to Kinkos and I should be set to start on that thing.

Pain in the Glass.....

After another short hiatus because of work obligations, I'm finally back in the shop. I have sanded and faired out my last bog session and wala....... A freshly glassed deck tool. I need to go fill the weave with a brushed on coat of epoxy (six hours from now) then sand that down and its ready for primer. (to be sprayed at some later date when all the tooling is ready). I guess its time to start building the Foredeck (last piece of the puzzle.)

3rd times a charm

Went out early this morning to get some sanding done. Still a couple low areas, so its time for another layer of compound.




This one looks to be pretty smooth, hope this is it, the last filler layer. Maybe next weekend I can get this monster glassed. Now, time to sneak back in the house for Mothers Day Brunch. (Shhhhhhh...........I would never work on the boat on Mothers Day.)

Something new

Its been getting warmer in these parts, so after my last epoxy party I decided to see how long it would take to cure without using the cure box, answer, to long. I went out to sand a little today, but the compound just balled up under the sand paper. It's cured, just not enough to sand. So I put the cure oven on the mould and went back in the house.........to draw.



Since it was raining out, I decided it would be a great day to work on that reverse transom that I've been thinking about. So here it is. I think it looks pimp.



Makes the hull look even more like a crazy space ship, but I like it, and it should save about 1/4 to 1/3 of a pound on weight. Now I just need some time to re-design my Gantry to fit, and I'll be golden. I'm also kicking around the idea of moving the rear wingbars back a bit and angling them forward a little so they don't look so stiff and "square".

Round 2

Faired up the last batch of compound, looking good.


Still some low spots, so another layer needs to go on.


Slapped on a new layer, now just have to wait for it to cure, then back to fairing.