Still needs to be painted but the glass work is done. I have the cover done as well.Little more work in the aft bilge to make a pocket for the little bilge pump then I can paint this area.
This was the last joint inside to be glassed in, so now both tank bulkheads are tabbed into the stringers inside and out. As usual I took pictures of each joint. I won't bore you with all of them.
Here is the last section of the port stringers to be re-enforced. I still need to add 2 layers of 24oz Combo mat to the upper sections of this stringer. I had to cut the existing covering open to dry out the stringer. I "glued" it back in today with resin and matt. It was is heavy enough either....Oh boy more glass work. I am thinking that I will wait until I move the generator, then I will have better access to the inner stringers.
Back to the starboard side. I decided to form the fillet at the bottom turn from stringer face to hull. They did not do this and the glass really needs to have a radius not a sharp corner at this turn. I usually do the fillet when I do the glass work, but there is so much (11') per side that I decided to make it easier and do it in two steps. This is the side that I have to crawl into to work....
The heat is really wearing me out. I have to be fully clothed, long pants tucked into sock and long sleeve shirt over tee shirt with sleeve tucked into gloves trying to avoid getting covered in grinding dust which itches like crazy. I have a paper suit which protects you well but does not breath at all so is even hotter!!!
Onward!!!
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