Thursday 30 January 2014

Cabin 2 glassed and Hatch

The starboard cabin is now all glassed.
A few photos here showing the sequence.


Extra time taken here to get it all smooth is more than made up for by reducing the amount of fairing needed.


I did the cabin and decks in 4 stages. I have found working by myself it is best to do the glassing in smaller areas at a time.

Here also is the starboard hatch being enlarged. Made from two layers of ply with a curve as cut out from the roof, this one actually had a small amount of twist in it at the stage you see in the photo. What I did to fix it was when I put the fibreglass cloth on, while it was curing I supported the two corners that were low and placed weights on the corners that were high. I thought it was worth a shot and it paid off! the hatch now has no twist.


I'm getting low on Epoxy now, hopefully I have enough left to finish the boat. It will be close but it looks like I will have used very close to the designers estimated Epoxy amount by the time I'm finished.

2 comments:

  1. looking good Rodney

    As a matter of interest are you doing any additional taping eg on vulnerable areas

    cheers Bryan

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    1. Hi Bryan.
      Thanks. No extra taping on the cabin. Only at the bow and keel.
      Cheers.

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