Lots of various projects going on the Corbie 5 IOM RC sailboat this week. Over the past few days I've worked on the hull, the foredeck, and the aft deck. Here's what I've done:
On the hull, I've put my second coat of epoxy on the hull, sanded it off, and just now added the third coat.
Tomorrow I will lightly sand it off and then mark the waterline with this...
After that I will leave it lightly sanded and will eventually add a few light coats of varnish for UV protection. That varnish will be sanded and polished in the end. Won't be as glossy as unsanded epoxy or varnish, but will be very smooth and have a very fair surface.
I realize that doing it this way will probably add significant weight, but again... my sailing skills are so poor that it really doesn't matter!
Tomorrow I get to also remove the hull from the frames!
I have also worked on my aft deck. It's made from 1/32" (.9mm) ply with two reinforcements around the underside of the openings, also made from laser cut 1/32" ply. So far it seems really stiff. I'll probably add a layer of 1.4 oz. cloth too to further reinforce it and waterproof it. Doing it this way should allow me to forego having too much framework underneath.
Here is the underside.
Finally, I've continued my experiments with the foredeck. It started out looking pretty funky and cool, but now I'm not so sure after I've added a layer of glass.
We'll see how it all trims out and what it weighs. I like the concept, but am not sure yet... hmmm...?
More tomorrow!
Aloha!
On the hull, I've put my second coat of epoxy on the hull, sanded it off, and just now added the third coat.
Tomorrow I will lightly sand it off and then mark the waterline with this...
After that I will leave it lightly sanded and will eventually add a few light coats of varnish for UV protection. That varnish will be sanded and polished in the end. Won't be as glossy as unsanded epoxy or varnish, but will be very smooth and have a very fair surface.
I realize that doing it this way will probably add significant weight, but again... my sailing skills are so poor that it really doesn't matter!
Tomorrow I get to also remove the hull from the frames!
I have also worked on my aft deck. It's made from 1/32" (.9mm) ply with two reinforcements around the underside of the openings, also made from laser cut 1/32" ply. So far it seems really stiff. I'll probably add a layer of 1.4 oz. cloth too to further reinforce it and waterproof it. Doing it this way should allow me to forego having too much framework underneath.
Here is the underside.
Finally, I've continued my experiments with the foredeck. It started out looking pretty funky and cool, but now I'm not so sure after I've added a layer of glass.
We'll see how it all trims out and what it weighs. I like the concept, but am not sure yet... hmmm...?
More tomorrow!
Aloha!
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