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BUILDING A SKERRY Days 26 - 30
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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 26 (5/9/03) - 1 Hr: Brought the boat outside so I could lay down a tarp in the garage (I mean, boat shop), before I start the fiber glassing process. It attracted some attention from the neighbors, who were probably wondering why the garage light has been on at all hours, lately. While the boat was out, I took advantage of the natural light and cleaned up all of the laps and stem and stern.
Day 27 (5/10/03) - 6 Hrs: Whew!!! That was the longest stretch, yet. The morning started with sanding down the entire hull. I couldn't help myself... after she was smooth, I found myself running my hands up and down and along the curves. I guess it wouldn't have looked so bad if I hadn't had my eyes closed. At least, that's what I figure my wife was thinking when I opened them to see her standing in the door watching me. I feebly tried to tell her that it didn't mean anything... it was just a one time occurrence... that I was out of my head on epoxy fumes and it would never happen again. She knew better... Since I was about to get serious with the epoxy, I decided to lay plastic wrap between the boat and the saw horses (Boats are not meant to have legs). I then cut and fitted the piece of fiberglass cloth that would cover the exterior bottom and #1 planks. Everyone says it, and I won't deviate... it is amazing to see white fiberglass cloth become translucent with epoxy. I squeegeed it into the cloth and cut the cloth along the lap. Then I did the same with strips of cloth placed along the exterior stem and stern.
After this cured for about 4 hours, I rolled on another coat of epoxy, this time coating the entire exterior of the hull. Using the tip of a foam brush, I smoothed out any runs and thick areas. Another coat was rolled on about 4 hours after the previous coat.
Day 28 (3/12/03) - 2 Hrs: With 2 coats of epoxy cured on the exterior, tonight I sanded it all down. In spots, I went through the epoxy, but this is exceptable. I also filled all of the wire holes, not covered with fiberglass, with "peanut butter" mix.
Day 29 (3/13/03) - 1 Hr: Wiped the entire exterior with Denatured Alcohol and then applied another coat of epoxy
Day 30 (3/15/03) - 1.5 Hrs: Sanded the exterior with 220 grit, wiped it all down with Denatured Alcohol and applied the 4th and final coat of epoxy. When I epoxy the interior, I will use more, thinner coats. Even though I kept going back and cleaning up runs with a foam brush, I still have them (can't turn your back for a minute). I also decided that instead of throwing away whatever excess epoxy is left over from each application, I would use it on a Greenland-style kayak paddle I made, last year. It didn't take much to coat one entire side of the paddle. WARNING: The Boat Builder bought a digital camera and went trigger happy!!!!
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