Its fairing time

Finally have all of the strips placed and glued up for the show boat. Even the cheaters are done and awaiting a bit of trimming. Let the fairing process begin! First is a pass with a paint scraper who's blade has been sharpened, this takes off the glue drips and begins to smooth the surface. Next I take the block plane with the blade set pretty shallow, make multiple diagonal passes on the bottom and the sides, alternating the direction of cut. Once I am happy with the cuts, its on to the RO sander with 60 grit for the first of a dozen passes to give it the smooth....

Inside wet out

All fun and games here in the shop today. A good 2+ hours wetting out the 6oz fabric on the inside of the hull. Nothing is ever easy, I used the last drop at the very end. Time to order more epoxy.

Inside out

Its been awhile since the last post, but lets be frank here. Sanding is boorish, sanding is no fun, sanding looks the same on any photo and makes for pretty poor blogging. If you want to know, I did so much sanding on the inside of this project I had to take a few days off just to let my hands heal up a bit. But that is behind us now and am ready to move on to the interior fiberglass! I spread the cloth out this morning and will do the initial wet out sometime this week depending on temperatures. I need time to get the shop up to 70+ degrees to get a good flow and cure, then I let it cool off while the epoxy dries. This seems to compress any air bubbles and makes a tight layup.

Ready for epoxy

Bottoms up

The bottom stripping is going well up to this point. I was using extra strips from a previous build and only have 3 left. I will have to mill a half dozen more to finish up.