Sunday 7 January 2024

 epoxy coating complete


The coating of the assembled structure has been completed , 
there are a few uninstalled cockpit panels that still need to be coated, 
and of course the deck














Wednesday 3 January 2024

 Epoxy coating of interior starts







in addition to its protective property this is a penetrative coating 
- plus and now this is a big help in deciding what gets painted and what gets varnished as some of the ply panels are quite boring  - what I am pleased with and is nice is that the structural mix fillets tone in well with the wood.


This IMHO is one of the most beautiful epoxy boats  - a pacific proa, "Jzerro" by Russel Brown



He also wrote an excellent book called Epoxy Basics

available to buy from the link below

http://ptwatercraft.com/ptwatercraft/E-Books.html





 Installing watertight bulkhead hatches The watertight bulkhead hatches were installed, they will be loosely tightened down on the seal and ...