Day 14: Sanding Fillets

This morning we did a quick sanding of the fillets, screw hole putty and filed down the fillet cap on the bow post and transom.

After the sanding we spent a lot of time with the tape measure. We needed to create the aft thwart for the rear cross hatch and the forward thwart for the front cross hatch. It took some head scratching and a bit of time but we got a pretty sweet fit at the end of it all. So we got those cut out of the 3/4 ply and also cut out the front seat and it fits nicely.

We also, measured out all the pieces for the boatman's foot well and the side hatches so hopefully tomorrow morning we'll get those cut.

Day 9: Hull/Mold Separation and Fillets

Today was a good day. We popped the hull off the mold. It came off immediately -no problem....well, after I found that last screw holding it in place.

Then we cut the excess wood from the sides with a jigsaw and then fine tunned with a plane.

After sanding we began the process of filleting the inside of the hull.

Pic of Lonnie showing us how its done.  He had some perfectly cut fillet spreaders for the job.  We copied him and went right to it.  Definitely a tiring job, especially in the bow and stern.

We laid in a special fillet blend then immediately glassed with 6", 4" and 2" tape along the bottom and just one layer of appropriate tape for the verticals.  (Bow and Transom got all the layers)

With my Dad wetting out the tape and myself pulling the fillets it still took all day.

Tom cleans up the wounds in the glass from where the screws held the scarf joint together.