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:
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- The final forwardmost bulkhead.
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- Beautiful knees of the boat.
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- Another beautful knee. We are thinking of a anchor storage here, and foam floatation.
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- This holds the transom to the keel.
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- Here is a little recollection from the past. We pondered on how to get the kingplank true to the keel. So we used nuts, bolts and string to draw a straight line relative to the keel onto the ground. Then Joosep used his shoelace to aim the big guns at the meridian. In the end, the method proved unusable. But we learned that in the process, which is all the fun.
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- Here you can see the inside of the cabin with the two installed panels. Jointery is fine looking. All the ooze with purple epoxy fillet and knotmarks does not look fine. But all will be covered in white enamel paint, in given time. All of it is sanded, and at least feels very good to the touch. Soft and smooth as… take your pick, for example silk.
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- Looking aft inside the cabin. Window-sidepanel is installed temporarly, fitting purposes.
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- The cabin roof is very pleasing to watch.
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- This is where the tiller, or rudder stock will go into.
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- Looking forwad, literally and metaphysically. Looking forward to sitting on that hatchway, trimming the sail and setting course in a good breeze..
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!
