The boat is coming along beautiful. I agree to leave the deck in a natural finish. Regarding screws getting stuck in cured epoxy - if you heat the head of the screw with a soldering iron you can back it out easily. Keep up the good work and videos!
Jock, The boat is coming along but slowly. The relentless pursuit of perfection is time-consuming. Launch date looks like summer 2023. Everything takes longer than expected, especially when some things must be done twice . A fine madness. Enjoy!
I appreciate your fessing up to your own mistakes! Do you think the gap between the deck and tank faces is due to overtrimming or are the Carlins too low? It doesnt seem like the tank face should be taking all the weight of whoever is sitting on the deck, no? Thanks!
Jon, Good question. Yes, the carlins were placed too low - maybe 1/4 inch. I still cannot believe that I placed them incorrectly as I measured and re-measured. The weight will still be mostly on the carlins because of the shimming and the epoxy paste that fills all the gaps.I think I trimmed the notches in the webs ( on the inboard top corner ) a bit too much allowing the carlins to settle down too much.I guess constant checking and dry-fitting is the answer. Thanks for the question.
The boat is coming along beautiful. I agree to leave the deck in a natural finish. Regarding screws getting stuck in cured epoxy - if you heat the head of the screw with a soldering iron you can back it out easily. Keep up the good work and videos!
Nice tip! The cutting and grinding was really slow.
Looking great!
Jock, The boat is coming along but slowly. The relentless pursuit of perfection is time-consuming. Launch date looks like summer 2023. Everything takes longer than expected, especially when some things must be done twice . A fine madness. Enjoy!
I appreciate your fessing up to your own mistakes! Do you think the gap between the deck and tank faces is due to overtrimming or are the Carlins too low? It doesnt seem like the tank face should be taking all the weight of whoever is sitting on the deck, no? Thanks!
Jon, Good question. Yes, the carlins were placed too low - maybe 1/4 inch. I still cannot believe that I placed them incorrectly as I measured and re-measured. The weight will still be mostly on the carlins because of the shimming and the epoxy paste that fills all the gaps.I think I trimmed the notches in the webs ( on the inboard top corner ) a bit too much allowing the carlins to settle down too much.I guess constant checking and dry-fitting is the answer. Thanks for the question.