Sunday, 23 May 2021

Hull screwed up

 All the screws are in, all bedded in epoxy. Now only the deck and horizontal surfaces in the cockpit are missing.


In the mean time I fitted and glued in the carlings for stiffening up the cockpit benches. Those are not in the plans, but 8mm plywood can use some support there - the spacing between the bulkheads is quite large and it does not get the benefit of being curved like the deck. I placed the braces flat so there is some give to allow the forces to be spread around - a stiff brace would try to carry the full load all by itself and that might not be a great idea.


I'll do a similar thing for the cockpit floor tomorrow.

One more thing on the agenda for tomorrow: fairing the screw holes.

Before I turn the hull for glassing I need to install the compression post and it's supporting floor timber. That would be hopefully the day after tomorrow.

until then.

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