Sunday, June 24, 2007




The decks are dry fitted to see what she is going to look like.
















Here is a view from the front.






This shows the long tappered bow that should help keep the spray down when making long runs across the bay.


















The Sole is now installed as well as the gunnels and shear
















All the interior framing is now in place and the sole ready for a layer glass and paint.
















I added a couple of stiffeners in the stern also.




I wanted to keep the boat a light as possible so decided to use 1/4" okoume as much as possible. This requires adding stiffeners under the deck to minimize flex but needed to be light. I ended up using blue foam to create a form which I covered with glass.

This shows the rear deck with stiffeners. The bulkhead also adds support in the middle.
This shows a closeup of the stiffener. I used one layer of cloth, 10 strands of heavy glass strand, followed by another layer of cloth. The glass strand provides a strong unidirectional layer that is very light