The Birthing Process

The Baby takes its first look at the Big Wide World

Bit by Bit it moves further Outside , But things are getting Tight !

Looks like the Clearance to the roller door is OK , but the Outer  Cladding is getting very close

Very Very close , now down to  6mm ( 1/4 inch ) clearance  !!!

If this Baby gets Stuck ! ,there's going to be tears !  (  alas  Mine ! )

Further out now , but still only millimeters to spare

And then all with a Rush , it bursts forth into the World !!

Bit of a Stumpy Baby this one , as is only 1/4 grown

This side looks a little strange as the Dual skin and the fiberglass don't go all the way
to the gunwales , this is because there is more Boat to build on top of this Piece ( Jigsaw 's
Pieces go Horizontal and Vertical, like any Jigsaw ) and this allows an overlap of the Skin from
the other Sections so as not to concentrate all the breaks in the skin at a single point . The other side doesn't have this problem due to the Wingdeck section between the Hulls .

Feel the Conflict within us

I build Jigsaw with an internal conflict , Its a Houseboat , not a show boat or a Gin Palace , not even a Racing or Pretty  Little Sailboat . The Question is ? , just how much time do I want to apply to the attainment of a perfectly smooth finish . I don't want it to be ugly  , but I don't have time to waste .
Its a BL''''DY BIG BOAT .

 After an initial round of fairing and sanding ,we finally got around to the fiberglassing , a single overlapping ( at the chines and keel ) layer of 12 oz ( 400gm ) biaxial cloth and West Epoxy Resin . Used Peelply for the first time during this phase  , interesting stuff , seems a bit of a waste of cloth but worth the result . Where I got the cloth to work correctly , the surface was damn near perfect , almost ready to paint , on other areas it still need a little re-work , but far less than if I hadn't used it at all . So after another round of fairing  we started in on the Paint job , using a 2 pot Epoxy Primer to start the process we applied it with a roller rather than spraying ( Hey , its a Houseboat ) , the fumes are bad enough with just rolling it on , hate to think what its like if you spray it  .
Its almost time for this section to be delivered into the world ( that is , if I can get it out of the garage door ) , it will then be positioned in front of the garage and we can make a start on the next section that will use the first as its joining template . Once the shape and connection of the second section is confirmed , then this initial Bow section will be removed and Rotated to its proper orientation .
Should actually start looking like a boat !!