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5/22/20 - The plans are delivered.
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6/14/20 - Mylar bulkhead patterns are laid out on a piece of plywood.
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Bulkhead H is traced onto the wood.
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6/15/20 - Bulkheads are traced onto the plywood.
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Bulkheads A and B are cut out.
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Transom doubler is cut out.
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6/16/20 - Bulkhead G is traced onto the plywood.
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Bulkhead G is cut out.
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The upper pieces are epoxied to the main section.
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Bulkhead D is epoxied together.
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6/17/20 - Notches for stringers are routed out on all the bulkheads.
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6/19/20 - The forward end of the backbone is reinforced with extra plywood.
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6/22/20 - The transom and doubler are fiberglassed on one side.
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Three other bulkheads are fiberglassed on one side.
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The lifing keel is ready for shaping.
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6/23/20 - Bulkheads E and F are fiberglassed.
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Bulkhead H is fiberglassed.
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Previously glassed bulkheads are given epoxy fill coats.
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Doublers are epoxed in place on bulkhead B.
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6/25/20 - The transom doubler is epoxied to the transom.
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Bulkheads B, E, and F are fiberglassed on the other side.
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Flipside of bulkhead H is glassed.
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6/26/20 - Low areas on the keel are filled with epoxy.
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The last two bulkheads are ready for fiberglass.
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6/27/20 - Bulkheads D and I are fiberglassed and fill coated.
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Bulkhead C is fiberglassed.
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6/28/20 - Bulkhead D is ready for fiberglass.
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Bulkhead E is ready for fiberglass.
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The glass is saturated with epoxy.
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The glass is saturated with epoxy.
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6/29/20 - Some parts are temporarily moved outside to make room.
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Fiberglass is laid out on one side of the keel.
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The glass is saturated with epoxy.
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7/1/20 - The other side of the keel is fiberglassed.
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7/3/20 - Carbon fiber cloth is laid onto the keel.
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7/5/20 - The inside surface of the keel trunk is coated with an epoxy/graphite mixture.
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The keel is coated with an epoxy/graphite mixture.
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7/6/20 - The other side of the keel is coated with an epoxy/graphite mixture.
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The sides of the keel trunk are epoxied in place.
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7/7/20 - The keel trunk sides are fiberglassed.
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7/8/20 - The keel is test fit in the keel trunk.
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7/10/20 - The temporary frame is built.
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Bulkheads A, B, and C are fixed into place.
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7/11/20 - Bulkhead D and the forward backbone section are set up.
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7/12/20 - The forward half of the backbone is epoxied in place.
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7/14/20 - The keel trunk and bulkhead E are epoxied in place.
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View of what will be the head compartment.
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7/16/20 - Bulkhead F is in place.
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7/18/20 - Bulkheads G and H are in place.
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Bulkhead I in place.
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7/19/20 - The transom is fitted.
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The transom and bulkhead I are epoxied in place.
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Bulkheads G, F, and E are epoxied in place.
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The boat is ready for stringers.
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An overall view.
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7/24/20 - Stringers are epoxied to full length using scarf joints.
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7/25/20 - The rest of the stringers are epoxied together.
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8/2/20 - The sheer clamp (piece where the deck and hull meet) is epoxied and screwed into place.
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8/10/20 - The first stringer is set in place.
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All of the stringers are in place.
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The shape of the sugar scoop is determined.
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View from the bow.
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Overall view from the stern.
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8/15/20 - The mast is transported home.
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8/16/20 - The wall that holds the door into the head is wired in place.
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8/17/20 - The anchor well floor is test fit.
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8/18/20 - The anchor well floor is reinforced with two layers of fiberglass.
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8/23/20 - Tangent doublers are epoxied to tangent stringers.
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9/2/20 - The cockpit sole support stringer is epoxied in place.
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9/5/20 - The anchor compartment shelf is epoxied in place.
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9/22/20 - Upper hull panels are fit for the starboard side.
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View from the inside of the boat.
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9/23/20 - The starboard side hull panels are epoxied and screwed in place.
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Rabbet is cut in a hull panel.
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Port side hull panels are fitted.
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9/25/20 - Port side upper panels are epoxied in place.
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10/2/20 - First two bottom panels are epoxied in place.
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10/7/20 - The starboard middle bottom panel is test fit.
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Both middle bottom panels are epoxied in place.
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10/9/20 - The last two hull bottom panels are epoxied in place.
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View from the port side.
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10/13/20 - The first layer of the radius chine panels is begun on the port bow.
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10/13/20 - Starboard side.
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View from inside the bow.
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10/14/20 - The first layer of radius panels are test fit on the port side.
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The first section is epoxied in place.
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10/17/20 - The entire first layer of radius panels are epoxied on the port side.
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10/18/20 - The starboard side panels.
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10/19/20 - One final panel to fit.
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All the starboard panels of the first layer are epoxied.
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View from inside.
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Overall wide angle view.
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10/20/20 - The second layer for the port radius section is going on.
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10/22/20 - Several more pieces are epoxied in place.
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View of the interior from the v-berth looking aft.
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View of the hull bottom.
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Different angle.
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View from the port quarter berth looking forward.
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10/23/20 - A test piece for mounting flush windows.
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A section of the second layer is removed in preparation for epoxy.
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The entire port side radius is done.
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10/25/20 - Adding the hull panels is complete!
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11/7/20 - The first hull window is cut out.
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The hole for the retracting motor is cut out.
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11/10/20 - Gaps are filled with epoxy.
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Spacer pieces are epoxied in at the end of the sugar scoop.
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12/7/20 - Unidirectional carbon fiber is epoxied to the hull to increase the hull stifness.
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Extra reinforcment around the chainplate and mast step areas.
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12/8/20 - Mahogany pieces are epoxied on the bow stem as an extra protection against low speed collisions.
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11/9/20 - The stem pieces are sanded smooth.
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12/10/20 - The bow is sanded smooth.
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12/11/20 - The first section of fiberglass cloth is laid on the hull.
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Saturated with epoxy.
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12/12/20 - The section section of the hull is fiberglassed.
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12/15/20 - The rest of the hull is ready for epoxy.
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12/17/20 - The rest of the fiberglass is saturated with epoxy.
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12/19/20 - Filling the weave of the fiberglass has started.
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12/23/20 - Hull construction is complete! Sanding and paint is next.
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12/27/20 - Finish sanding has begun!
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12/31/20 - Sanding of the bottom and port topsides is done.
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1/7/21 - The bottom is ready for primer.
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1/8/21 - The area below the waterline is given two coats of primer.
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1/11/21 - After several coats of primer, the first coat of copper free bottom paint is applied.
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1/14/21 - Three coats of bottom paint have been applied.
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1/16/21 - First coat of topsides primer is applied.
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1/18/21 - The primer is sanded.
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The first coat of Interlux Perfection is applied.
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10/19/21 - Several coats of paint have been applied.
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1/23/21 - The strongback is dismantled out from underneath the boat.
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The aft hoisting mechanism for the hull turning is set up.
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1/24/21 - Everything is ready for the turning.
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Halfway through the process.
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Turned over and settled in on the cradles.
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See the next gallery for interior build photos.