BUILDING A SKERRY Days 16 - 20
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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 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 16 (3/25/03) - 2 Hrs: Ok, now that I fixed the space problem in the Bow it was time to fix the Stern issue. Tonight, I went back a loosened all of the wires aft of the 3rd Frame. I then used the Block Plane to shorten and shape the end of the #2 Panels. This was trial-and error while I gradually shaved the ends (and a lot of rewiring) until the gap was gone. To be sure that I didn't drastically change the shape of the stern, I temporarily put the aft breasthook, skeg and rudder in place to make sure the fit was acceptable. Although I can't be sure, it looked ok.
Day 17 (3/28/03) - 1/2 Hr: I now have a wired hull ready to be glued and temperatures barely hitting 60 degrees. In an effort to keep things moving, tonight I managed to sneak back into the Family Room and glue the Mast and Sprit scarfs.
Day 18 (3/29/03) - 1 Hr: Today, the temperature it 65. I was tempted to start gluing the hull, but tomorrow they are saying possible snow. Instead I spent another day in the Family Room and glued together the 2 halves of the skeg, using a "mustard" mix. I also glued the handles to the centerboard. I am running out of things to do!!!!
Day 19 (4/29/03) - 2 Hrs: Yes, it has been a month since I have worked on the boat. It was a long winter. Tonight, it was finally warm enough to put the initial epoxy in the seams. For the Bottom/1st panels seam I used a mixture of epoxy, silica and wood flour. This I spread with a 2" plastic putty knife throughout the seam, but avoiding the wire. For the other seams, a mixture of epoxy and silica was used and applied with a syringe. I think it is still cool enough that the epoxy was a little too thick to draw into the syringe. I had to cut the tip a bit. It is very important to check for drips on the inside of the hull and wipe them with Denatured Alcohol (stuff will give you a real good buzz). I have checked twice in the past hour and will check again before hitting the sack.
Day 20 (4/30/03 - 1/2 Hr: Since some of the seam areas ran, I went back tonight and applied a thicker mixture to those areas.
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