We finished all of the interior tasks and just about finished closing up the float. Here is a shot of the bow after it was closed up and trimmed. This means we are close to warming up the long boards again.
Here is a view of the bow from the inside. If you compare this to the similar photo of the starboard bow you will note that this one is much neater with less excessive putty. Not sure it matters to anyone but me since no one really ever sees the inside of the bow. But it makes me feel like I am doing a better job when it looks neat and professional. In the upper right next to the bow plate you will also note a lump, which is the threaded backing plate for the bow eye strap laminated to the hull.
We also trimmed the stern plate in preparation for fairing. A sailor walks into a boat house and says to the shipwright "You've got a nice aft!" Sorry, I had to say it! It is hard to see, but we also finished filling all of the holes left over from forming the foam core and the seams between foam planks. To aid in fairing, I also closed up all of the ports with the cutouts. Nothing new, same process as with the starboard float. I like to think it went a little quicker and turned out a little better.
The last port to close up is the forward temporary access port used to install the bow compression beam. We are done with it, so we are closing it permanently. This is a little tricky because we can't get to the interior to tape the inside of the port. In the photo the cutout is epoxied to a piece of bi-directional glass. This is cured on the float deck to take on the form of the deck so it fits the contours of the opening better. Once it is cured and trimmed, I'll apply some thin epoxy filler to the glass flange and pull it up against the inside of the opening to cure. This worked on the starboard hull but wasn't pretty. Hopefully this one works as well and maybe looks a little better. Of course, from the outside, it gets faired along with the rest of the hull and disappears.
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