Making Hay while the sun doesn't shine

42 degrees outside, and a fair bit warmer in the shed but we got some work done. Petes AUS32 is ready for fairing (all staples removed) and AUS31 has its foredeck trimmed and in place (will get laminated on the underside tomorrow). So thats it for today, we've got a couple of days in the low thirties but back into the high 30's by Friday again - so we need to make hay while the sun doesn't shine.

A Long Day

No pictures today, but 10mm foam does not flex around the foredeck (even when heated) - which was quite disappointing as I need to wait til Monday to try some other options. However I got a fair bit of the reinforcing with Uni done so it wasn't a total waste.

Pete got all the foam on the mould so hopefully fairing tomorrow night and carboning by next weekend.

It's now bourbon 'o'clock

Well, I went back to work this week, so not a massive amount of progress on AUS31, but Pete has been working hard on AUS32 with nearly all the foam on and glued in place. I've got the bulkheads in ad with any luck should have the foredeck on by the weekend - with 41 degrees next week I'm not sure how much will get done as it gets pretty warm in the shed!

AUS 32 Begins

Pete has just started on AUS32 as I put the chainplates on AUS31

I fxxked up!

The pic on the right is the boat laminated on the inside with carbon - the pic on the left is all the carbon that peeled straight out of the inside of the boat after the first time I laminated.

I used the exact same process of fair, fill, fair, fill, fair, clean, resin, lay cloth, work resin, peelply (as shown in the previous post) but despite the cloth wetting out beautifully nearly half of the cloth laid didn't bond to the hull!!!!

The only difference in the outside of the hull to the inside was that I used a Nylon abrasive brush (type that goes into a drill) to fair some of the trickier spots - and it seems that nylon dust caused the resin not to bond in areas. So after several heartbreaking days of pulling out carbon, sanding, fairing, filling (and cleaning with acetone) I am now happy with the inside and am ready to put on the foredeck and bulkhead. As it is now New Years Eve that may have to wait until tomorrow.

More Progress

A quick photo before I get busy with the spatulas and squeegees, man I'm glad I chose (Geoff strongly suggested) slow resin hardener as getting this carbon to go around corners has been challenging.

On the trolley - our tame aluminium welder bailed on us so I put together a very simple bolted trolley which I plan to get welded later. 

Back to the shed.....

Now the work can really begin

The boat is off the mould (and about to go on the cradle so I can start work). It was a three person job with 2 of us lifting, and 1 looking under the hull to free any tight frames or spots where chines were tight (chines come out with the frame).

And it is a girl, as it is definitely pink on the inside.