The plywood party is complete so the dual layers of plywood have been fitted .
Have also added the conical bow section , the laminated forefoot capping strip , the external keel and the sides have also been fiberglassed .
Had a couple of mis-adventures with this section , created the conical bow section and fiberglassed the inside of the wooden strips used to create the shape , but when i went to refit to the bow the shape had changed slightly but since the glass had started to go hard was forced to cut the section in two and reglue / re-epoxy , two layers of 1200gm fiberglass just doesn't want to bend once it starts going off !.
The Laminated forefoot capping strip was made in-situ and is made from strips of 6mm solid timber , on the other hull I had used 8mm strips , but they were differcult to bend , thus 6mm for this section , but it wasn't without its issues , pays to remove the holding screws ( for laminating ) before the epoxy goes fully off , was a little late on a couple of them , the heads on the screws snapped off when attempting to remove ( 12g x 50 mm ) , so the shafts are still buried inside the lamination , lucky they were close enough to the middle of the section so they weren't exposed when i shaped the forefoot .
This weekend I have been fiberglassing the bottom sections , one side of the bottom section was done yesterday and the other side today , the glass overlapps the keel and the chines ,giving two layers of cloth at these points .
So now all i need to do on this section is remove the peelply and prepare the section for painting ,
joy oh joy , more sanding !!!
