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Checking deck layout with cardboard
- This was a good time to see how it would be to sit in the boat.
- Cardboard is used for the deck and the coaming is taped in position.
- It's going to be a tight fit for me.
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Shaping the sheer clamps
- The sheer clamps are planed to match the contour of the deck.
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Hull prior to installing the deck
- A last look at the hull before the deck is installed.
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Modifying the main reinforcing stringer
- Two more stringers are added to reinforce the area behind the rear bulkhead.
- I will sit on the rear deck when entering and exiting the cockpit.
- The stringer in the hatch area is offset.
- Stops are installed to hold foam partitions, allowing a variable hatch volume.
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Glassing the cockpit floor
- The cockpit floor is covered with 4 oz. fiberglass cloth.
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Gluing on the rear deck
- The underside of the rear deck is coated with unthickened epoxy.
- Epoxy thickened with Cab-O-Sil is spread on the sheer clamps, and deckbeams.
- The deck panel is nailed to the sheer clamps with 3/4 in bronze ring nails.
- The nail locations are all pre marked using a gage block.
- Weights are distributed to hold the the deck down while the glue is drying.
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Gage block for nailing
- Nail locations are all pre marked using a gage block..
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