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Step 12 Continued
Well I got back at the build finally. I spent about 3 hours working with some home made fairing compound (epoxy and wood flour) and...
Step 12 Epoxy and Fairing The Work Continues
It's been a couple of weeks since I put in any work on the boat. This is just the way things are for the moment. Commitments at work and...


Step 11 Fairing the Hull, Filling the Weave & Draining the Boat
Well, screw ups fixed the hull completely sanded, so the next step is to fair the hull. So this is done with the use of .....you guessed...


Step 10.1 Repairing the Keel
As you know the fiberglassiing of the keel did not go smoothly, I was left with a lot and I mean a lot of spikey bits to contend with as...


Step 10: Adding the Keel and Finishing the Bottom Prior to Painting.....almost
So it's time to add the keel to this boat. The keel will have two functions, a) it will act as a stiffener/stringer for the floor of the...


Step 9: Covering the Hull in Six Ounce Fiberglass Cloth
Ok, big day ahead of us. The covering of the hull should be done in one shot. I am extremely lucky to have had the help of a great friend...


Step 8: Flipping the Boat
With all the seams fiberglassed and the doubler installed on the transom it was time to flip this baby over so I could work on the...


Step 7: Getting the Rails & Doubler On
Once the all the seams were done it was time to start to think about the rails, gunwales if you prefer. For this I used 1 inch x 2 inch...


Step 6: Fiberglassing the Interior Seams
So the boat has shape and is held together with peanut butter, zip ties and a few nuts and bolts. Time to remove the nuts and bolts and...


Step 5: Gluing the Parts Together
Once the spreader brace was in place the boat started to take on very sleek and beautiful curves. This was the shape I was looking for,...
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