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| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Another round of sanding brought the work on the toerails and hull/deck seam nearly to completion, with only some minor fine fairing still required. The seam and other ground-out areas were now filled and smooth and fair as needed, but late in the day I applied some of the Alexseal fine fairing compound to a few areas, most notably the fillets I'd reformed around some of the recored sections on the starboard sidedeck. I also filled two areas on the cabin trunk where I'd lightly ground out some star-shaped stress cracks. |
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I continued work on the new chainplate knees. After washing and lightly sanding the work from yesterday, I patterned two additional layers of material for each side of the chainplate knees, this time running from the knee up onto the underside of the deck and extending down far enough that the entire length of the chainplate would be in the new material. I wet out and installed the new material on both sides; this covered the slots for the chainplates, but the openings would be easy to recreate from above. This new material, while not strictly necessary, would tie the chainplate knees in with the deck, creating a stiffer and stronger ultimate structure. The new material also brought the surface of the knees out flush, more or less, with the location of the chainplate slots as intended. |
 
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In anticipation of the soon-to come main bulkhead replacement, I took the opportunity to pattern the existing bulkhead while it was still in place. I made the patterns from some red rosin paper that I had on hand, and scribed the contours of the hull and deck on the paper using a compass at a pre-determined setting. I planned to get the new bulkhead material in the near future. |
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I decided to trim the aft "bulkhead", as it were, down to a consistent ring shape and leave the basic ring in place, as it was in serviceable condition and securely installed. However, I saw no need for some of the odd plywood bits and vertical sections that performed no function whatsoever, so I trimmed them off and cut a portion of the plywood on each side so that the remaining ring was a consistent height along its entire length on each side. This opened up access to the cockpit well and environs, and later I'd build a new cosmetic bulkhead as dictated by the new interior layout and engine installation. |
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I rounded out the day by preparing a list of materials required for some of the significant cockpit structural work to come in the near future. |
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