| Circe
| Wednesday, December 9, 2009 The first order of business today was to install the 1/4" cherry veneer on the new lower section of the doorway to the head, after first lightly sanding the new tabbing from yesterday. I secured the cherry veneer in epoxy adhesive and clamped it in place while the adhesive cured. |
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Next, I turned to the coamings. The starboard coaming was ready for temporary installation, so I reworked an old jig and pressed it slowly into its curved shape using a screw jack. Once the coaming was pressed tightly against the edge of the cockpit, I installed a series of temporary screws and washers to hold it. |
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After preparing the port coaming, I temporarily installed it in the same manner. I planned to leave the boards in place for a few days so they could start acclimating to their new curved shape, and so I could measure and build blanks for the forward return blocks. |
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By the time I was through with the coamings, the adhesive on the head passageway had cured, so I removed the clamps, lightly sanded the cherry surface, and applied a sealer coat of varnish over the whole thing. Then, I installed the vertical oak compression posts on either side of the passageway, securing them from the forward side with bronze screws. I'd install some trim around portions of the bulkhead in the near future, after which I could complete the varnish of the beams, posts, and bulkheads, with several more coats to go. |
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The sea hood glue-up was cured, so I unclamped it and used a flush-trim bit to rout the overhanging top flush with the sides. Then, I routed some edge details to ease the corners, and also routed a water stop channel at the aft end to prevent any nuisance water that might run under the eventual dodger from spilling over the aft end of the sea hood into the cabin. I'd been told that an earlier version of a similar sea hood, but lacking this water stop, had presented this very leakage problem. With all the milling complete, I thoroughly sanded the sea hood inside and out to prepare it for varnish, and applied a sealer coat of varnish at the end of the day. |
 
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