First Day of Spring is here!!! With such lovely weather, why not work outside again! We started today by setting some goals to accomplish during our time today. 1- set the rest of the fiberglass around the deck of the port and starboard sides, 2- put a second layer of adhesive on top of the first fiberglass layer at the bow of the boat, 3- get a substantial amount of caulking 5200 in the cracks of the hull, 4- work around the mast area and make it ready to set. Thats a lot to do!
Corin worked alongside Dan and his father who were volunteering today to help out with the mast. They set the end cap for the keel housing and the mast back stud. They will be ready to build the base plate of the mast next week! We cant wait to get our new mast fashioned to really bring this boat some new character!
Justin and Steven worked caulking the cracks in the hull and are now finished with all the ribs up to the start of the cabin, this is a big accomplishment! Andy worked with Paul, another community volunteer, to fashion the rear supports for the transom and caulked around the transom area today as well.
Sara, Connie, and Cole worked on finishing the fiber glassing and along with our volunteers Zeb and Rachel, they also sanded and applied the second coat of adheasive to the dry fiber glass from last week.
Our ideal day of working in the sun ran aground as the sky decided to test our waterproof caulking work. We quickly abandoned ship and picked up all of our power tools, and pushed our boat back onto dry shore (inside the shop) and continued working. We made the most of the day today even with our cloudy skies above! We will be short a few crewmen on our next work day but will work hard to finish caulking and fiber glassing the boat.
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