OK I'm back in the saddle again. I've been busy at work and I took 5 days off to go deer hunting. If you are a deer hunter then click here to see Bambi's dad:
http://www.casdvm.com/photos/Trinity%202006/ If you have hunted blacktail deer before you will appreciate this buck.
The transom is finished on the inside. There is a layer of 1708 and a layer of woven roving. I meant to put 2 layers of 1708 but I ran out of material and Bigshrimpin was kind enough to let me have a little of his woven roving to finish the transom. Next I glassed over the foam stringer extensions with 2 layers of 1708. Here is a shot of the transom and the stringer extensions:
I drilled a few holes in the existing fiberglass stringers and filled them with foam making a good mess in the process.
After cleaning up the excess foam I ripped some strips of 3/4 marine plywood the width of the stringers. I'm going to use these to raise the highth of the stringers. These pieces were then cut to length of each the stringers. I used screws and 5 minute epoxy to glue two pieces of the 3/4" strips on top of each other. The tops and sides were routed leaving a smooth bevel so the fiberglass would comform to the contour leaving no air pockets. I mixed some cabosil and glued the plywood strips to the top's of the stringers.
Having completed that I then cut some 1708 to cover the tops of the stringers thus encapsulating the new plywood strips.
This week I hope to get a little more done. I have to tab the stringers to the transom and start working on the floor. It's going a little slower then I had planned.
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