Last weekend we moved the starboard hull off the building jig, and got started on the port hull.
Progress had been tedious for the last month. I note that it is more than a month since I last posted here. For most of that time, we have been fairing the starboard hull.
Once the hull was sheathed in glass, we applied a Q-cell and resin bog over the outside, about 4mm thick. That was then sanded, using a 1200mm long sanding board, painting guide coat, sanding, more bog, more sanding, more guide coat, and so on, for about a month. I used to sneak up to the boat each night to shine a torch along the sides, looking for ridges and hollows. Eventually, enough is enough, and I have sprayed it with the 2-pack primer.
Once painted, we moved the hull onto a couple of pallets, and shoved it to the side of the shed, where it will remain upside down until the port hull is also ready to roll.
Initial progress on that port hull is rapid. The frames were already prepared, so after one week, the skeleton is almost ready. Most of the stringers are glassed in, and ready to be planed down to shape. Fast work at this stage.
