Over the past few weeks, we made progress on several fronts. As you can see in the photo, we finished planking the deck, and then added the high-density inserts in high load areas, filled the screw holes and seams, and sanded it all smooth. The deck interior is now ready for laminating.
All of the 12-oz bi-directional glass fabric is cut to length for the deck interior. Since the lower hull interior was glassed earlier, we will overlap the deck laminate on to the lower deck at the gunwale. Again, it will be extra challenging since it is difficult to reach inside now. I may have to climb into the hull to ensure the glass is properly wetted, or even better Dawna will climb in.
I have also been preparing all of the flat panels we will need to build out the hull structure. The photo shows the stack of foam core to be laminated on the vacuum table for the various bulkheads, floors, settee, bunks, etc. Rather than punching a gazillion holes in the foam core to relieve trapped air during vacuum laminating, I'll laminate one side at a time. This takes twice as much time on the table, but I find it preferable. If I had it to do again, I would get the perforated foam sheets for the panels and save both the time and my patience. Once laminated, we will start installing the panels in the hull and get this half done.
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