BUILDING A SKERRY Days 36 - 40
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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 36 (5/27/03) 3 Hr:s The clamps came off and the rails were shaped. First, I went over the top and underside of the rails with a block plane (tapering the ends of the exterior rails to match the inside rails). Then, I shaped the rails at the stem and stern to taper in (I'm going to hold off on putting epoxy on the rails since I want to put some more work into shaping the ends... just doesn't look right to me). Finally, I rounded ouver the upper edge of the rails with a router. As I was going over the second rail, I heard a loud crack. I now had a large 5" long sliver sticking out of the edge of the rail. I was able to glue and clamp it (aside from the delay, no big deal).
Day 37 (5/29/03) 2 Hr:s Went back and shaped the ends of the rails some more. Now, I'm happy with how they look. Sanded down the rails with 150 grit (with some help). As I mentioned before, I'm going to hold off on putting epoxy on the rails and breast hooks.
Day 38 (6/1/03) 1Hr: Installed the skeg. Since the baby was sleeping, my wife was able to hold everything in place while I glued and screwed it to the hull. I used the pastry bag technique (zip-lock bag with corner cut) to apply fillets. Lesson learned... the hole does not need to be as large as you might think. The skeg was not flush along the stern, so I used package tape to make it tight. i will apply fillets to this section when the glue dries.
Day 39 (6/2/03) 1Hr: Finished the fillets along the skeg and added the wormshoe. Nothing too difficult here. There has been some discussion on the CLC forum about covering your fillets with plastic wrap to produce a smooth surface. Someone mentioned that you have to be careful about wrinkles in your wrap because they will end up on the fillet. I started thinking that package tape might be a better alternative. It is stiffer, so won't wrinkle, and has the adhesion quality. When i finished with the skeg, I had some "peanut butter mix" left over. I quickly put two boards together and made a long fillet. After 4 hours, I virtually divided the fillet into thirds. On the first 3rd, I covered the fillet with package tape. On the second 3rd, I smoothed the fillet down with my alchohol soaked finger. The last 3rd, I used both techniques... first smooth up the edges of the fillet with my finger, letting the alcohol dry and then covering the fillet with package tape. The last 3rd came out remarkably more even and smoother than the other two. I figure the boat came to my doorstep covered in package tape. As long as I go over the fillets with alcohol before I apply epoxy, I should be ok.
Day 40 (6/10/03) 1.5 Hrs: Sanded down the skeg and the underside of the rails (while the hull was upside-down) and applied 3 coats of epoxy to both.
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