A bit of progress

Not much has been getting done. I have put together the yard and boom for the mainmast.
I have been working on the main mast step and partners.
The epoxy situation has been resolved. I am using their med hardener and it seems to be working fine. Of course heat becomes an issue now that we are almost at the end of Sept.

I will try and post some pictures soon.

Epoxy set back

Seems like the epoxy they sent me had two types of hardener and no resin and I was to stupid to notice.
This is a bit of a set back. Cold weather is coming on and I was hoping to finish all the epoxy jobs before the onset of the deep freeze. If there is any consolation in this it is that I didn't try to assemble the mast using epoxy.
Gorilla glue gets a good review from me, so far. It is fairly easy to apply and sets up fast. The mast can be moved after 2-4 hours though I left the clamps on overnight.
Screw it. I am off to Skagway to work on my other boat project.

Working on masts continued

Here are the mizzen mast and main mast roughly planed to shape.

I filled some of the cracks with this new ecopoxy that I just bought. So far it hasn't set up. Granted the weather has been cold and wet. It will be a real mess if for some reason the epoxy doesn't set up.

I think I will continue to make the main yard and boom hollow and make the two spars for the mizzen mast out of solid wood.

Gluing the main mast

Today with the generous help of Glenn, we glued the main mast together. Things are a little tight in the workshop. I used gorilla glue and it seems to set up pretty fast.

Tomorrow I will plane it round and it will look a little more like a mast. Due to the imperfections of the wood I am using and the saw job that I did , it will require a little epoxy patching. Perfectionists out there would be appalled by the whole operation. I am pretty sure this mast is going to be plenty strong for the job.

There are still four more spars to build before it gets frigid around here.

There has been a little progress since my last entry. I painted the interior. I was quite happy with the the colour match the guy at builders supply land came up with.

The side benches are cut out and clamped in place. I still have to make and install the knees that will support them in the middle. I have also epoxied the mast steps in place.

During good weather I will start to work on the masts and spars and in the shitty weather I will continue with the floors and the rest of the finishing touches. The center board and rudder also need some work.

Thwarts, Mast Partners, Breast Hooks

Here the thwarts and mast partners are cut out and lying unsecured on the cleats. There were a few f__k ups but I managed to patch them up. The breast hooks are supposed to be a real test of your wood working skills. In my case they will display my epoxy patching skills.

Centerboard case and thwart cleats

Here the center board case is almost finished

Spent a lot of time trying to get the cleats lined up right.

Have also roughed out the centerboard and rudder components.