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| 22 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - I think we got the Epoxy on a bit late last night (around 11pm) so it was still a tad soft to do anything with. Have build a tent around the mould to apply local heat when laminating begins. Worked out a few more construction details, and got two more coats of release wax on the side deck mould. |
| 21 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - Dave got stuck into the chop matt with a kick arse belt sander. Looked like it was pretty hard work holding the motorised beasty onto the hull but it certainly did the trick. The worst of the high areas taken off in about 2 1/2 hours. Longboarded the entire hull with some 40 grit to knock off the high points. Made my first journey onto the top of the mould to get a bit more weight into it, the structure is surprisingly strong. Finally, decided that the surface was pretty close, so mixed up a couple of icecream containers of epoxy bog and trowelled it on to fill in the low spots. I think this is the only benefit of working in winter. The bog could be worked for nearly an hour, rather than the 8 minutes and smoke more likely in summer. |
| 20 June 2000 | HULL MOULD - Gave the stem area a quick longboarding, the surface is pretty rough so its hard going. Decided that it was far to hard a job and that it could wait for mechanical assistance in the form of serious powertools. |
| 19 June 2000 |
 HULL
MOULD - Just waiting for the Epoxy to set enough for heavy
sanding, also got a cold/flu runny nose, headache so not really
the best time to start longboarding. |
| 18 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - Faired back the foam at the stem using a combination of hand plane and long board with 40 grit paper. Sheaved hull mould in 450g chopped strand matt. This time
used an epoxy resin (Resamax) instead of polyester to avoid the
smell problems inside the house. Perfected the technique of mixing
up cups of resin in an icecream container and then pouring it
on the mould and using a big plywood squegee to put it in the
right place. |
| 17 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - Glued a layer of 5mm foam on each side of
the stem back a distance of around 800mm. We had found a number
of hollows in this area and thought the best way to get the shape
right was to build the thickness back up and then re-shape the
whole thing. Not being keen on lots of sanding, foam was the
obvious choice to make the job easier.  |
| 16 June 2000 | HULL MOULD - Fairing in the stem area against our outside stem template. |
| 15 June 2000 | Friends for Dinner |
| 14 June 2000 | HULL MOULD - Removed the last of the staples from the sides, and started longboarding back the plywood to knock off any big imperfections in the sheaving joins in preperation for coating the mould in chop matt. Working on the stem area, trying to get the design shape back after having to fill the area with bog from not being able to bend the ply over the tight keel curve. Seems to be getting close to the templates so another night sanding should see it finished. |
| 13 June 2000 | HULL MOULD - Removed a few more staples from the mould, and planed the gunnale wing ply back to the stringer. |
| 12 June 2000 | HULL MOULD - Planed back the plywood joint on the chine line, and removed the staples along the mould sides. Cut off the ply edging around the gunnale step. |
| 11 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - Removed another few thousand staples from the bottom of the hull mould, have so far used over 4000 staples on the hull and foredeck moulds. Epoxy glued a plywood covering over the gunnale step after
extending the gunnale step another 60mm to allow for a wider
gunnale (and more leverage) on the final boat. Planed back the
bottom plywood along the chine line to the angle of the hulls
sides. Epoxy glued (with yet more staples) the sides with overlapping
joins to the hull bottom. |
| 10 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - Finished laying up the diagonal strips on
the bottom up to the stem. Ended up getting down to about 40mm
wide strips but still couldn't get the final bend along the boats
centreline. Filled the resulting centreline gap with lots of
glue and bog and will fair the correct shape back in later.  |
| 9 June 2000 |
HULL MOULD - Planked up plywood strips chine to chine
until to half way along the hull when the bend was starting to
get a bit severe. Started diagonally planking strips until late...   |
| 7 June 2000 |
 HULL
MOULD - Attached the first three strips of plywood sheaving
to the hull mould. In the flatter aft sections 250mm wide strips
of 3mm wide ply are being used. The strips are epoxy glued, and
stapled to the hull stringers. Strips are attached from the centre
line and worked out towards the chines. Only one little problem
tonight with a stringer on the transom chine popping off the
hull frame under the plywood tension. Have also done work on
the bow area, planing back the stringers and trying to get the
bow profile correct. |
To see more progress reports from the start of the project look at the old progress reports, or the latest progress