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This blog chronicles Mihai's adventures in building and sailing boats.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Skerry build day 50: sand sand sand

Today I started sanding the inside of the boat. It went quite well, other than the frames which I sanded with the boat upside down. I also fitted the rudder and am getting ready to get that installed. Next step, more sanding on the inside, then varnish!!!

The rudder upper gudgeon was quite a pain to fit to the hull - lots of bending and hammering. The process I eventually used involved tracing the hull shape on a piece of cardboard then using a vise and a hammer to shape the gudgeon as closely as possible, then repeated trips to/from the boat refining the fit.

Time: 6 hours
Total: 149 hours

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