Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Daily update: cockpit sides affixed

 After many hours of fitting, sanding and cleaning the basic structure of the cockpit is all glued in. Since it will be abused most of all the areas on the boat the gluing had to be done to the highest standards - all the parts are proper structural. That means good fit, degreasing, sanding, pre-wetting with unthickened resin and only then finally gluing with the thickened mix (105/205/HDF). Also fillets are important here as the sides rest directly on the bilge plating (on the part I glassed a few days ago). But is is done. I'll add more detailed pictures once the rest of it is all ready, for now just two snaps:



A milestone of sorts is reached: the last floppy part of the boat, the companionway, became completely rigid.

yay!

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