Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Day 37

Day 37, 4 hours of work done. We cut off the overhang from attaching the deck and rounded the corners with the sander. We used some of the leftover stain to touch up the new edge we have and it looks really sharp. We are almost ready to glass the hull but first need to fill in the deck/hull joint in some places.


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Sunday, March 27, 2005

Day 36

Day 36, 5 hours of work done. The deck is on the blue boat! IT is so good to have them looking like a kayak instead of a canoe now. Putting the deck on was pretty hard. Took a lot of preasure in some places to get the deck to form the way we wanted it to. Also it was really hard to get the shapre right over the scarf joint where the epoxy was cured. Using straps over the bluck heads and deck beams really helped to hold the shape while we nailed the deck down and the glue set.


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Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Day 35

Day 35, 6 hours of work done. Tonight we planed the shear clamps. Talk about a lot of work. We put almost all of the shavings in bags since it will make great firestarter. Kelly gave us an idea of putting dryer lint, wax, and wood shavings together to make a long burning quickstarting mini log. We're going to try it out and test it why we go camping next.


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Thursday, March 17, 2005

Day 34

Day 34, 2 hours of work done. Put the final coat of epoxy on the outter hull on both boats. We are almost ready to start putting the decks on!


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Thursday, March 10, 2005

Day 33

Day 33, 1 hour of work done. Put some more coats of epoxy on both boats.

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Day 32

Day 32, 2 1/2 hours of work done. Dad came over while I was out and trimmed the glass from the side of this boat. I came in as he was putting the second coat of epoxy on his boat. I was able to keep him company as he was rolling. The boats are turning our great. The naked finish Dad is using looks really sharp, and I love the blue stain we put on mine. Can't wait to get these bad boys in the water.

Monday, March 07, 2005

Day 31

Day 31, 2 hours of work done. Dad and I worked hard and fast to get the glass laid on his boat and to get the first coat of epoxy down. We also used some leftover epoxy to do my hatch covers.