Just some quick shots this time. Inside of hull half #1 is now glassed and have become super-stiff. Compared to the wobbly panel we dropped into the female mould it is now very rigid and stiff. Will see if we can weight the finished panel when the infernal snow stops dropping down on us.
First the building crew. From the left: Frode, Omar and Rolf.
Frode filling some low spots on hull half #2 with epoxy and sanding dust.Frode will get the job of doing our foils when he is done with the bulkheads. He have done some quick calculations and the sum of all joins he is to make with the router is arund 200. He is very grateful that he was about halfway before he began thinking in that direction. Never think about how much a project is, just split it up into smaller jobs and do it. Dont think.. Do it.. (Phill Branders advice as well)
Omar also filling some low spots. He really enjoys our building nights, learning lots of new stuff but also having a good time. It is his first building project except remodelling work at home. Respect! He have earlier sailed on a monohull, but have only sailed a cat once, so he really is in for a steep learning curve when we launch. I am certain he well do as well on the water as he does in the garage.
We had an unannounced guest in the garage this night. Trond Nordam, kayaker and kayakbuilder dropped by to have a look at the progress and methods used. I think he was suitably impressed with what we were doing. Trond have buildt a CLC Chesapeake 17 plywood/glass/epoxy kayak so he was very interested in the techniques we used for these boats.
3 comments:
Guys,
you mentioned the warping of the hull half after outer glassing, how serious was that, and how was it corrected ?
It was three strips who had warped pretty much. I guess several millimeters and you could both see the warp and feel it.
We put a moist towel over the warped area overnight and it came out true, no problem.
I think the warping was caused by the 300Watt lamp hanging just above the warped area. The rest of the lamps are just 125Watt.. It does prove that our building materials are not as dry as they could be, but completely dry materials lead to other problems (i.e. it soaks up epoxy like crazy when glassing)
Good to hear it was easily fixed,
I assume even temperature is critical. At what temp have you stored the strips ? I assume over 15 degrees moisture should come out, or at least shouldn't absorb any.
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