Today I managed to wire the front planning panels in place then filleted and fibreglassed all relevant seams. It’s a timely process but worth the effort to do it right the first time
Here is the hull with the inner section coated with 3 coats of clear epoxy primer, and the buoyancy tank panels filleted in place (but not yet sanded or fibreglassed). I forgot to add photos of doing the buoyancy chamber panels but these panels are now in lace and will later be filled with foam
Here I have the hull turned over and have just added the first layer of fibreglass to the seams after filleting all seams with epoxy resin filled with Q Cells.
The craft has just been filled with urethane foam the book said on a good nice day it will take around 8 litres, this one took 20 litres (still appears to be light enough so I’ve stopped stressing for now ) :-). All base seams have been fibreglassed with 2 layers and the front section of the floor has had 2 layers of fibreglass matting done. 3 coats of Epoxy timber sealer has been added around the planning panels and the skid blocks have been fibreglassed in place. The sad news today was that I discovered that the front “special ” battens that I glued, nailed and fibreglassed in place are in fact put on upside down, so after a cold beer I managed to remove them and make some more and fit them correctly this time 🙂
Began the process of aligning the top decks and in this photo they are currently just sitting roughly in place just so I can visually see that I’ve done something different 🙂 other than sanding. Once I know they all line up then I will be removing them and filleting and fibreglassing all V grooved sections
I removed all top panels again and cut 20mm thick foam sheets to cover the under surfaces of the side and front panels, then glued and fibreglassed them all in place. This has the benefit of adding additional strength to the areas that people will climb on to get in/out without adding too much extra weight.all underside of the top panels have also been sealed with an epoxy wood sealer.