110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
Snow Lily | Friday, January 11, 2013
After sanding the primer in the quarterberth, and the usual cleanup, I applied the first coat of semi-gloss enamel.
With some minor fine-tuning, I fit the teak ladder treads in place, and secured them with screws. Later, I'd bung the screw holes.
Making a few minor changes to the salient layout points of the coaming mockup's upper curve, I struck a final line with a long batten, fairing it by eye, and made the cut before test-fitting the mockup in place to check the fit and appearance.
I quickly tested the mockup against the starboard side of the cockpit to ensure that the two sides were at least remotely similar, though by no means did I expect a perfect mirror image. Satisfied that the basic mockup was suitable for both sides, I went ahead and prepared the coaming blanks, since I wanted to cut the port coaming using the mockup before using the same template to fit the starboard side, after minor changes as dictated by the physical situation. But at least I knew that the basic size and shape of each side was similar, and close enough to comfortably use the same template to create the blanks for each side.
I'd been unable to get single teak boards both long enough and wide enough for the coamings, so instead sourced two narrower boards for each side, each long enough for the job. After checking the fit of the template against the boards and making some reference marks, I glued the boards together with epoxy, clamping them securely and setting the blanks aside to cure.
Total Time on This Job Today: 4 hours
