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Running gear setup and bottom work
Did some initial setup work on the running gear and getting the bottom installed.
Hull structure complete
Hull structure complete. Fitted the final curved stern panels. It looks great and happy with the symmetry and shape. There still a lot of tabbing, filets and fairing to be done, but it’s another milestone in my book.
Engine basic maintenance and cleanup
Tore down parts of the engine so it could be cleaned and repainted. Also did all the basic maintenance. Soon I will move it into place in order to align the shaft and plan out position, muffler, fuel system, dash…
Aft gunwale support and stern curved panel
Getting close to another milestone ….. aft gunwale support and stern curved panel
Daggerboard trunk and seats
Turned the boat over. Built, fiberglassed, and epoxied the daggerboard trunk pieces. Test fitting the trunk and seats getting ready to coat all enclosed areas with epoxy prior to install. Epoxied the skeg pieces…
Clean the garage day
Rolled the boat outside today in order to clean the dust and re-organize the tools, etc. Also 1/4 round routed the bottom edge of the hull.
Mike D added 19 new photographs to KATE
Laser engraved the name and then hand painted inside the lines
Miscellaneous side projects
Along the way my attention gets drawn to some other related side projects. Here are a few; Old truck air horn restoration Shift / throttle controls Name plates After restoring these air horns I come to find they work on…
Rear rubrail-lower and lower stern curved sections
Lower half of rear rubrail installed along with the lower curved stern sections. This took some time to trim and properly fasten, but it looks great!
The hull takes shape
The bow stem was installed, hull sections measured, cut and butt joined. Then the hull sections were fitted. This was a major milestone for me because now visitors checking on what I was doing believed it was really a…
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