Sorry, things got fairly derailed since the last post. I had two back to back trials and then last Saturday my wife and I got broadsided by a fellow who forgot about the stop sign. My wife's Audi allroad is totaled.
But the 2001 allroad is stout--no real injuries, just a few aches that are going away.
So we spent all our spare and not-so-spare time dealing with insurance and getting a replacement car. We ended up getting a Ford SUV, which ought to do fine for our area.
As things are getting settled, I found a little more time to work on the boat.
It doesn't look dramatic in pictures, but we are in the slow sanding and filling stage. I fill screw holes with epoxy/wood flour paste, let it cure, and then sand. I also am using a fairing compound ("microballons and wood flour mixed with epoxy) to smooth out certain areas.
That last photo is a stem cover I'm fairing in. My wife calls it "the bashing timber." She hopes I'll carve out a fierce cat face above the bow to imitate the Viking dragon boats, so that the jet skiers will stay away.
I also finally got my order of 40 yards of fiberglass. Once I get the holes filled and faired, that's the next stage before painting. The purpose of the fiberglass is to keep the Douglas fir ply from checking, and it also adds some abrasion resistance.
Now I want to build a boat. What is that going to weigh? I'm thinking that flipping it over is going to be a bit of a challenge.
Best calculated guess is that it will be around 1000 pounds at flip-over time. I've already figured my approach to flipping it: it will involve the MaxJax and braces.
Now at about 73 hours build time.
