BUILDING A SKERRY Day 91 - 95
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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 91 - 95: 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 91 (4/28/04) - 4Hrs: The finish work has begun. This evening, I applied the first coat of primer (Interlux Barrier-Kote) to the floorboards, the blade of the daggerboard, the cheeks and blade of the rudder, and the exterior of the hull. Barrier-Kote is a two part primer that is recommended for epoxied surfaces. Even outside with a mask, I was getting light-headed. This stuff smells awful.
Day 92 (4/30/04) - 4Hrs: Sanded down all primed surfaces with 150grit
Day 93 (5/1/04) - 3Hrs: Applied a second coat of Barrier-Kote
Day 94 (5/7/04) - 6Hrs (past week): Sanded Barrier-Kote down to 220grit. Washed the hull with soap and water. Applied 3 coats of Interlux Brightsides Hatteras Off-White to the hull exterior, daggerboard blade, and rudder cheeks. Wet-sanded with 330grit and washed with soap and water between coats.
Day 95 (5/13/04) - 15 Hrs (past week): Sanding, painting, varnishing, repeat....... I actually had to come up with a "finishing schedule" in Excel to keep track of the number of coats on each part.
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