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.

Day 6: Gunwale Blocks

Just got back from Seattle and headed straight to the shop. Dad and I set a metal batton to lay down a pencil line for the gunwale.

Tom set up a jig for drilling the center hole in the gunwale blocks that were cut yesterday.

While I was in Seattle, Tom, Lonnie and Gail walked the property in search of edible mushrooms but didn't have much luck. Hopefully we'll get a chance to hunt again.

Lots of firewood was cut as well.

Day 5: Gunwale Scarfs

My Dad eased the edges of the side panels using a plane and then sanded.

He also glued up the gunwale scarf joints.

And cut the ash blocks for the gunwales.