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9/10/19 - The kit is ready to be unpacked.
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9/11/19 - The panels are glued to full length.
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The forward seat halves are epoxied together.
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Fiberglass cloth is laid onto the hull panels.
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Rails are epoxied together.
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Fiberglass is saturated with epoxy.
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Number 3 panels with fiberglass.
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Bulkheads get fiberglass reinforcement.
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Number 3 panels are saturated.
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Bulkheads are saturated.
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9/12/19 - Bulkheads and one panel are wired in place.
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Bulkheads and transom wired in place.
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Number 2 panels are wired in place.
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Number 3 panels are wired in place.
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Rails are epoxied in place.
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9/15/19 - The hull is flipped over.
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The seams between panels are filled with epoxy.
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9/16/19 - The wires are removed from the boat.
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The top transom reinforcement is epoxied in place.
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A plywood stem piece is epoxied in place.
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The edge of the hatch cover is fiberglassed.
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The second reinforcement piece is epoxied on.
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Underside of the forward seat is reinforced.
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9/17/19 - Reinforcement pieces are epoxied in place.
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Forward seat is fiberglassed.
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The bow is trimmed.
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The take apart bulkheads are fiberglassed.
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The inside seams are filletted.
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9/19/19 - Spacer strips are added to the take apart bulkheads.
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Take apart bulkheads are epoxied in place.
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Bulkhead reinforcements are epoxied in place.
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9/20/19 - The outside faces of the stern seats are fiberglassed.
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The daggerboard trunk is epoxied in place.
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10/1/19 - The seams are taped off.
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Fiberglass tape is epoxied to the seams.
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10/2/19 - The daggerboard slot is ready to be cut out.
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Daggerboard slot is cut out.
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The hatch lip is epoxied to the deck.
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Fiberglass pieces are epoxied to the daggerboard slot.
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Fillets are added to the underside of the seats.
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10/3/19 - The aft tank sides are test fit.
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The mast hole is cut into the forward deck.
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Towing hole tube is epoxied in place.
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Mast tube is epoxied in place.
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Aft seat tank walls are filleted on the inside.
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Aft seat tank tops are epoxied in place.
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Flip side of skeg is fiberglassed.
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Bulkhead knees are fiberglassed.
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Take apart bolts are epoxied in place.
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10/7/19 - Cutting the boat in half has begun!
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Cutting continues across the bottom.
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The boat is cut in half!
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Aft tank edges are fiberglassed.
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Fiberglass is trimmed.
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10/9/19 - The take apart bulkheads are fiberglassed.
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10/10/19 - The forward seat is epoxied in place.
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The breasthook is epoxied in place.
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The breasthook is epoxied in place.
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10/12/19 - Edges are covered with fiberglass.
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10/14/19 - The exposed top edges of the boat are coverd with fiberglass.
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The glass is saturated with epoxy.
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The forward half of the boat.
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The hull is partially sanded.
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Both hull sections are sanded smooth.
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The underside of the rail is filetted.
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10/15/19 - 8 oz and 6 oz fiberglass is laid on the hull.
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The glass is saturated with epoxy.
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Bow section
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The skeg is epoxied in place.
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10/16/19 - The transom is fiberglassed.
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The first fill coat of epoxy is applied.
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Forward section.
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10/22/19 - The interior is given several fill coats of epoxy.
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10/23/19 - An epoxy edge is applied to the foils.
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10/24/19 - The foils are fiberglassed.
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11/5/19 - The aft interior is sanded.
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The forward interior is sanded.
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11/6/19 - The rudder hardware is test fit.
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11/7/19 - The aft hull is sanded.
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The forward hull is sanded.
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11/8/19 - The hull is washed and ready for primer.
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11/9/19 - The first coat of primer is applied.
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The aft section
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11/10/19 - The second coat of primer is applied.
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11/11/19 - The primer is sanded.
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The first coat of paint is applied.
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11/12/19 - Second coat of paint is applied.
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Forward section.
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11/14/19 - The pattern for footbraces is laid out.
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Footbraces and oarlock risers are epoxied in place.
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11/18/19 - First coat of varnish is applied to the foils.
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First coat of varnish on the aft section.
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First coat of varnish on the forward section.
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First coat of varnish on the extra pieces.
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11/19/19 - Several more coats of varnish are applied to the aft section.
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Several more coats of varnish are applied to the forward section.
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11/20/19 - The gudgeons are installed.
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11/24/19 - The rudder is test fit.
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12/1/19 - The rubber gunwale bumper is glued in place.