Monday, 30 October 2023

 Glueing and filleting in the bunk supports for the other side, 
my process

The bunk supports are plumb, square and their positions are marked on the hullsides, there are triangular plywood "squarers " that are clamped to the bunksides to locate the supports during glueing






Unthickened epoxy is painted onto the support ensuring the end grain is well saturated, and also painted onto the hull side










Epoxy thickened with West 406 and west 403 is put on the glue joint, the mix is more 406 than 403





Then a mix of  west 406, 404 and 403 is added to the support where it contacts the keel bearers - as the structural glue, and the piece is glued in position





Below you can see the" structural" 
mix positioned in preparation for filleting









The support is then placed in position using the "squarers" for locating, and  the fillets are made using the structural glue mix.








Saturday, 28 October 2023

 Bonding in port side bunk support with Fillets, and dry fitting bunk top




















The other bunk semi bulkheads for the port side are ready and will be fillet bonded tomorrow and the starboard bunk top further aft will be cut and dry fitted 






Wednesday, 25 October 2023

 Making bunk supports, cutting bow access hatch, and divider for the cargo compartment


Spent the day making templates and cutting out the supports for the bunks, and also a divider for the "cargo" area, in front of the mast bulkhead, decided to make a longitudinal divide as it then creates a strong backbone that ties the front crash flotation bulkhead and the mast compression post and bulkhead together. It also makes a divider so that stuff does not go sliding side to side depending on which  tack you are on, it is also at the same level as the 2 main bunks, and the port or starboard side will possibly get a top, maybe both will?

 Also cut the front collision flotation bulkhead access hatch, you can see the hatch cutouts leaning against the mast bulkhead, these will be made into sealing watertight hatches, later.





















 Cagarro gets some clothes , sail cover and Dodger/sprayhood and galley concept pictures After an unfruitful attempt at getting a sailmaker ...