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Friday, March 7, 2008 I spent the day working on building the new coamings and sea hood. I began by making initial preparations to the wood: edge-straightening as necessary and then cutting some of the boards to the appropriate size for their intended use. Using the old coamings as a guide, I cut out the new coamings, trimmed the inside corners as necessary, and test-fit them in the boat. I pressed the boards into place against the curved fiberglass coamings with a jacking rig, and then secured them with screws so they could begin to assume some of the curvature on their own, and also so I could continue with the construction of the forward coaming blocks. For the coaming blocks, I made cardboard templates of the shape required, and then glued up a blank of sufficient size and thickness for both coaming blocks. Obviously, these coaming boards still have some final sanding and shaping ahead. |
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Next, I turned to the sea hood. After some initial measurements up on the boat, I cut a board to the correct width for the sea hood sides and front. I cut a bevel on the bottom edge of each side piece to match the angle of the deck, and afterwards scribed and cut the forward cross piece to match the deck camber. I cut two limbers in each side piece to allow water to drain from inside the sea hood area and, after a test-fit, I glued up the frame with epoxy and set it aside to cure. Then, I glued up a blank for the top from several mahogany boards and set that aside to cure as well. |
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