BUILDING A SKERRY Days 41-45
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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 41 (6/15/03) 1/2 Hr: Lightly sanded and applied a coat of epoxy to the upper-side of the rails and the breasthooks
Day 42 (6/17/03) 1 Hr: Added two more coats of epoxy to rails and breasthooks
Day 43 (6/21/03) 12 Hrs: I'm toast!!! Just finished laying fiberglass to the interior. First, I filled all the wire holes with "peanut butter mix", then sanded down the entire interior (a step that took half the day, and that the instructions don't even mention). First with 150, then 220. Then I rounded the edges of the frames for esthetics.
The next step was to fillet the seams between the bottom and #1 panels, and the #1 and #2 panels. Before these could cure, I layed the fiberglass in each chamber and put down the first coat of epoxy. NOTE: The first version of the instructions called for 39" x 50" sheets of fiberglass for the Middle chambers. This is not consistent with the mention that the fiberglass should come within 1/4" of the frames. I believe this error has since been resolved
Day 44 (6/22/03) - 1 Hr: Applied a second coat of epoxy to the interior.
Day 45 (6/26/03) - 3 Hrs: Sanded the first two coats of interior epoxy and the fiberglass (80 grit, 150 grit, 220 grit). I have managed to get the edge of the fiberglass reasonably smooth so it wont be too noticeable.
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