It's been 10 days since I last posted and I have been working most days since......and it's difficult to see the progress. Sanding and fairing is a slow process. I had no major issues to fair, other than the tail of the lead keel was veering to starboard slightly, so I made a plastic shuttering and filled with wood flour thickened epoxy. 
That left a remarkably glass like finish. I took several passes of creating a smooth radius fillet between the hull and keel with fairing epoxy, using a variety of sized tubes to create the radius and the sanding with the same tubes covered in 180 and 240 grit paper. Eventually I got a passable result.
Next I went about installing the centreboard. I measured carefully from the plans where to drill the pivot pins hole in the lead. I clamped the trunk cap onto the trunk with a 30mm piece of timber in the slot so that the CB would rest in the truck at the planned level, when it is fully hoisted.
Armed with my trusty auger bit and brace, Siobhan helped my sight up the bit so that I drilled a reasonably straight and level hole across the lead. When I first fitted the CB, it was inclined to sit proud from the lead, at a point 20" from the pivot point, where is was sufficiently recessed.
A delivery arrived from Classic Marine UK today which contained my standing and running rigging gear. I'm really looking forward to fitting all these goodies! But first I need to push ahead with painting the hull. I spent most of Saturday vacuuming around the shop and yesterday Brian and I did a final sanding then hung light polythene as a tent over the boat.
So tonight, I took the plunge and having tacked the entire hull, put on a thinned coat of underwater Hempel primer. It's like a silver paint and dried fairly quickly, I just painted the hull below the water line, as I have a separate primer for above the waterline. I'm not sure whether I am over complicating the matter with two different primers on the exterior of the hull - if anyone has any suggestions please comment below.
Paul,
ReplyDeleteShe is looking superb with a coat of primer.
The pics are really helpful to me, particularly the close up of the deadwood on the keel, which plan to attack next.
I have spent a long time 'reading' the plans for the deadwood. I appears John left out one of the sizes for the deadwood timber as he says six pieces and only lists sizes for five.
As a consequence of this and because of the time I seam to waste looking for drawings and details of a particular part for the boat, I have made a spreadsheet of every item and have columns showing what page of the Specifications & Parts it can be found and all drawings that show it. You can then sort by Part No, Name, Specifications etc. Makes find info a breeze.
It's probably a bit late for you, but if you would like a copy I am happy to email it to you.
Pete.
Pete,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comments!
I sent you a separate email on how I managed to make the deadwood - which is in an earlier post.
Regarding the spreadsheet - i'd welcome a copy - I still have quite a bit to do, so it could be very useful.
I have since put on an initial top coat, but I'm disappointed with the number of runs with the first cost - especially at the bow where the laps get finer at the gains - the paint seemed more inclined to run from one plank to the next. I will have to wait until it's dry and sand it back and try again!
All the best
Paul