BUILDING A SKERRY Day 96 - 100
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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 96 (5/20/04) - 20 Hrs (past week): The finishing stage continues. By the time I'm done, I may have as many hours in the finishing phase as I do in the construction phase. As of today, the exterior of the hull is painted, the underside of the rails are varnished, the floorboards are painted, the footpegs are painted, the rudder balde is painted, the spars are varnished, and the painted sections of the rudder and daggerboard ar painted... whew!!!! This morning I started varnishing the rudder and daggerboard handle. This evening, I will flip the hull and start varnishing the interior. I have decided that I don't care for the high-gloss finish of Interlux Goldspar varnish, but Goldspar Satin has no UV protection. Therefore, after 5 coats of Goldspar, I am then applying a coat of "flattened" Goldspar (flattened at a 1:1 ratio with Interlux Flattening Agent). In my humble opinion, the result is much more appealing... more of a shiny satin finish.
Day 97 (5/23/04) - 5 Hrs : I've been trying to come up with a good method for securing the floorboards. My primary concern is to prevent them from sliding around, while under way. However, having them stay in the hull if it turns turtle would be a plus, as well. After 2 coats of varnish on the interior, this weekend it came to me. The forward floorboards won't slide around because they are built around the daggerboard case and the mast step. For the aft floorboards I came up with the idea of securing wooden tabs to the aft and middle bulkheads that would rest above the cross-boards nearest each bulkhead, and in the space between the two centermost planks. This would at least prevent the floorboards from sliding around, and I just need to come up with a way to secure the two-piece floorboards, for both the aft and forward sections, to keep them in the boat if things get rough. So, the varnishing process has been put on hold and I worked on these floorboard securing tabs. Where they were to be epoxied to the bulkheads (and the aft end of the daggerboard case), I had to sand the varnish off the surface (I hope I did a sufficient job of this). The tabs were cut, sanded and glued into place. They were then coated with epoxy and a fillet was made around them. I considered screwing then to the bulkheads because I am questioning whether they will hold. However, I decided that if they pulled away, I'd rather the bulkheads didn't tear away with them.
Day 98 (5/29/04) - 10 Hrs (past few days) : As of today, I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!! Finished up the varnishing on Thursday night and this morning, finished up the rigging. Here are the things that I did differently with the rigging:
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