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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010 I continued work on the cabin sole, beginning by removing whatever screws and clamps I used to hold yesterday's work in place. The layout and main installation work was complete in the head, but the task this day was to complete the sole in the main cabin, which meant wrapping the sole pieces up the curved sides of the hull towards the settee fronts. Having the remainder of the sole already fixed in place made this process somewhat easier in terms of layout. Working my way outboard from the flat substrate, each end of the sole required four shorter pieces with sharply angled ends (two per side) before there'd be a couple full-length strips running fore and aft. I laid out, measured, cut, and fit these pieces as required, a process that took much of the morning. When I'd all four pieces ready to go, I decided to press on and install these before continuing with the full-length pieces. As in the head, I installed them with thick epoxy adhesive and dabs of hot glue to hold them in place while the epoxy cured. |
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Afterwards, I continued with the remaining pieces--several full-length strips plus a few more shorter, tapered pieces to fill in the remaining area as required. I cut and fit each piece, made some marks, and continued to the next till they were all cut. Then, I installed them permanently with epoxy and hot glue; at the after end, I had to employ some braces to help push a couple recalcitrant boards into place against the hull. |
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To fill in the remainder of the day, I worked on several odds and ends, including sanding and varnishing the swashboards and lazarette hatch, masking, prepping, and priming the lazarette hatch frame, and cutting several panels and trim pieces required to complete some of the remaining interior tasks on the punch list. |
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