and that all important test fit



Both ends of the new inwale have had the shaping treatment as has both points under the beam blocks, the plan being that I'll slip one end in and then bend the inwale enough to slip in the other end..... obviously this will happen once the resin goes in, not going to over flex the new timber with instal and removals for no real reason

the new inwales are glued in...

I slipped the foams into place and clamped it all up so the resin would harden with the new inwales set in the right curve
(this pic is mid installation )

Phill has brought me a new toy....

a pneumatic stapler .... look out world


the accuracy isn't there yet but with practise

a small smear of my sawdust/resin mix over the inwale connections fixes any cavities and adds that extra bit of strength to the joint, these will be mostly sanded back to near nothing in the end anyway but either way they needed that small amount of fill

stringers being dry fitted..... note the nice curve of the new inwale even tho its now not supported by the foams

Phill chipping away at even more daggy bits






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Big weekend....

The new inwales are shaped and ready for the decks

All the stringers are now cut and the rebates are also cut in

All the foams have had the final shaping and fit well

Slots in the foams for the stringers are done

Sawdust filler has been applied to any spots that needed filling

The last of the fat has been trimmed and another 2 vacuum bags of rubbish has been sucked out

The old repairs have a bit of 40gsm cloth added and glassed in place

The "Bolac hole" has been repaired from the inside (out side yet to be done)

Special mods have also been completed......

Now we rest for a couple of days while everything sets

got a bit of time now while resin sets..... update time

this is one of the many "fat reduction" steps we took, could have gone further but we wanted to retain some strength where it was needed...

more sawdust & resin repairs...

several old ply repairs have been removed and new internal replacement resin & cloth (40gsm) has been laid over the old damage

the "Bolac hole" has been repaired from the inside using the ply patch we threw at it @ Bolac as a 'mould' as such....

the hole uncovered....



this will be sanded back later on and filled to a smoooooth finish when the hulls get the make-over

and the foams get glued in at last, the 2 foams under the main deck nearest the front beam have at this stage been left out so further work can be done without the foams being damaged and to allow an easy access to the area, hopefully they can go in shortly....

foredeck foams have all be fitted and glued in

As of last night.....
(Club's AGM was held so no works was done...)





resin is still a bit too soft to do too much tonight but there's a few things I need to get on with

Phill checking the alignment of the foams new stringer supports....
The new stringers will be fitted after the resin sets and as I've used in the past the stringers are WRC
(Western Red Cedar)

Rear deck stringers have been fitted to both hulls

The front stay mounts had seen some action over the years and the repairs were somewhat suspect, the ply patches were removed and the old repairs inspected so we could understand what had transpired to cause such repairs.

Once happy with what we'd seen we elected to glass a simple overlay to the ply and refit the hardware to the gelled resin. Once fully cured the nuts got an extra bit of tightening.


obviously the deck line & stringer slots will be cut in later

the new foam stringer supports also attach to both the gunwales.



and the chainplate also got re-worked....
The old deck was 10mm ply and we're going to 4mm ply so the plate was going to sit way above the deck, the old holes were filled with the sawdust-resin, then a small piece of 40gsm cloth was applied so it just covered the original ply doubler.

Phil made some new alloy internal plates and these were also resined into place along with the foams stringer support



The new holes for the chainplates were ~10mm lower than the old holes and as you can see the plate's shackle hole is well clear of the gunwale and should have a ~2mm clearance once the deck is fitted.
The other advantage we built in was the resined in internal plate, this will remain in place once the nuts and bolts have been removed and will make life easy to reinstall the plates after all the painting etc has been completed.

front stringers set in....

someone asked me how I get the tension on the boards that are holding the newly glued in stringers up to a tight fit....

other than pulling as hard as I can on the old hay-band.....

little offcuts of what I have laying around and handy (stringer offcuts in this case) are slipped in to add that final pinch of pressure