BUILDING A SKERRY Day 56
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Offerings to the Spirit of "ET Bugaboo" Days 1 - 5 : Order, Instructions, Clean garage, Glue panel scarfs Days 6 - 10 : Glue outwale sections, Sand scarfs, Measure for frames, Drill wire holes, Sand & taper outwales Days 11 - 15 : Cut gains, More wire holes, Wire Panels, Insert frames Days 16 - 20 : Fix "gap" problem, Glue Mast Scarf, Sprit Scarf, Skeg Halves, and Centerboard Handles, "Tab" Glue Seams Days 21 - 25 : Remove Wires, Glue Seams, Clean up Seams, Shape Stem and Stern Days 26 - 30 : Glassing and coating the exterior Days 31 - 35 : Breast Hooks, Rails Days 36 - 40 : Rails (cont.), Skeg Days 41 - 45: More epoxy, Fiberglass & coat interior Days 46 - 50: Install Seats and Centerboard Box Days 51 - 55: Still doing the Seats and Centerboard Box Day 56: Making it rowable Day 57 - 60: Sanding the fillets, Making Spars, Figuring out the rudder Day 61 - 65: Rudder and Dagger Board Day 66 - 70: Rudder (cont.) Day 70 - 75: Dagger Board Slots, Partner "Adapter", Install Mast Step Day 76 - 80: Sewing the Sail, Adding Lead to Daggerboard, Floorboards Day 81 - 85: Floorboards (cont.) Day 86 - 90: Floorboards (cont.). Foot Braces, Sanding, sanding, sanding,... Day 91 - 95: Finishing Day 96 - 98: ...and more Finishing, Rigging
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Day 56 (7/13/03) 2 Hrs: This is it for a while. Today I applied fillets to the undersides of the seats. A 6' 5" man with claustrophobia is not meant to be working under a hull in 90 degree temps. I literally finished this step with one disposable glove remaining, and enough epoxy to coat a pencil. I will have to re-supply before attacking the sailing components and doing the finish work on the hull. Now, I am going to put the boat in the water, and get some use out of it. Kind of an extended shakedown period. There will be plenty of time in the Fall to do the finish work, and I need to save up for the sail. Besides, I've been working on this since March and just went over the 100 hour mark. I'm due for a little play-time. This evening, I put the boat on the trailer and made all of the necessary adjustments. It fits nicely.
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