my work

Sheathing the Hull

You thought we forgot about the boat, didnt you?  But, after long (apparent) hiatus, progress is once again being made, in the form of sheathing the hull in fiberglass cloth.  Sometimes it seems like this is less a wooden boat and more an epoxy boat with some wood to hold the epoxy in place.

Some weekends over the past months were spent sanding, building and then installing a box for the centerboard (like a giant hole in the hull... I know), then epoxying the entire surface...




And heres how the sheathing works:  we cut pieces of thin, deceptively strong cloth (known as "Dynel") and arranged them over the hull, then proceeded to drench them in epoxy and spend the next hour trying to smooth out all the wrinkles and get out all the air bubbles.  It can be tough, as the cloth doesnt follow the boats curves without naturally folding and forming air bubbles.