Acceleration

Well, after we decided that we want to be done with the build.. lets say quite soon, things have upped pace and screws are being screwed in faster than ever before. Today we finished epoxying the bow transom. Nothing left there, bulkheadwise. Now we are turning our focus on the cabin area, which still needs 3 panels installed before it can be called complete. The two installed panels do yield satisfaction, though. First experiments with coating larger surfaces with epoxy have been done and it worked out very well, details in the video. A sponge-roller was used, with very little of the sponge part, since it sucks in epoxy and does not want to give it all out. Persuasive methods can be used, such as force. Hoping for gunwale stringers during the coming week! Photo evidence:

And continuing our new tradition of uploading videos – Uku making a large pancake (read: covering a panel with epoxy):


This just in: we’d like to thank James Jenkins for financial support, it is much appreciated. We could now replace some TORX screwdriver bits that were already hopelessly stripped and buy some more screws (as promised). Juggling coursework, work-work and boatwork is not always easy, but support takes us a long way. Stay tuned for more in the coming week!

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