Second Hull glued together.

I glued the second hull together tonight. Will start taping the seams tomorrow.

Two halfs glued together.

Glued together two hull halfs with West System Six10. It's weight 38 lb. with out the transom some seam tape, fairing and paint.

Two hull halfs waiting.

There are the second pair of hull halfs waiting for the interor to go in.
I guess I should make the centerboard trunks.




Sorry about the quality of the photos, I guess I should take the camera to the shop and stop using my phone!

Installing Bulkheads

Installing Bulkheads, The bulkheads are made up of 5mm Okoume plywood with a 2 layers of 5oz glass on them. Then there are blocks of western red cedar for anchoring studs that will attach the cross beams. These will all be fillet and glassed into place.

The last hull half out of the mold.

The last hull half out of the mold.
This weekend I will trim the edges, and fit the bulkheads.

Bulkheads built

Glassing 4mm plywood then vacuum bagging for bulkheads.

Second part out of the mold.

The second part is out of the mold. This time after I started the bagging and got a good seal I closed up the room and turned on the heater. After 9 hours at 120 degrees (F) I shut everything down and let it set for 24 hours. After the huls are together I will make a small foam (pink stuff) oven and post cure them at about 140 degrees.

First part out of the mold.

This is the first hull half out of the mold. It's weight is 18lb with out any of the interior parts.

Need room in the workshop.

So I need room in the workshop. I moved the plug for the mold down to the wood pile where I store some of my old masts and the tramp for my old 18Sq. On a lark I put the plug under the tramp and it look pretty OK. Things that make you go hum . . .

First hull part started.

I received 75LBs of epoxy on Wednesday and finished cutting the peelply and breather mat last night so I did the first layup this morning. The outside layer is 2 layers of Style 6580 - 5.7 oz/sq yd - S-2 Glass and a strip of 5" wide and 17' long along the keel area. The inter layer is also 2 layers of 5.7 oz S glass with local reinforcement for bulkheads and other fittings.

Glass cut and ready for layup.













Outer skin in place and most of the core.