I knew I forgot something

I know, I know. Sometimes we get wrapped up in life and forget to do certain things. The fishing has slowed down, but there have been some extra shifts at work. Went to Moab for a long weekend (highly reccomended). Blah blah blah.

Fairing is the time when a majority of boat builders lose interest in their projects. There is the tedium of filling, coating, sanding, fairing, recoating, sanding (sanding) {sanding} [sanding] and then sanding. There is the specter of how long they have worked and how far away the end is. There is the layering of projects that need to be finished.

None of those have slowed me down. I just have been too lazy to post. I post in the evenings, and I would rather hang out with my wife than sit and stare at the computer.

Oh, and the photo at the top is a stirring stick that I forgot one day, and stuck to the boat. Oops.

ONWARD!

So with little fanfare, Pete, Brady, Sean, and the Toddler came by to give the el-rollo treatment to the considerably heavier hull. So little fanfare in fact, that my photographer (who stated she couldn't help lift due to her being the photographer) didn't snap any shots. Ah well.

So first she was back on her lid and on the jig (in combination with the uber sawhorses assembled underneath):



Then add some baby-poo:



Or was that phenolic balloons and silica...

Knock it down:



(scroll back to the top and note this is where I stuck the stirring stick, with a mighty bond, to the boat)

Then recoat, though I did a rather ass-like job:



Then sand again...

Then forget to take photos on that sanding.

Then slob on ANOTHER coat, this time with a little silica, microspheres, and a little talc to make it sand nicely.

Then forget to take photos of the coat.

Then SAND AGAIN.....:



Then bust out the quickfair for the low spots, mix up some microsphere and silica goodness for the fairing of the transom and the aft end of the bottom to remove the tape induced hook:



Here is a linear look down the hull to get an idea of the fairness (though it looks better in the photo than it is):



As it sits tonight:



Over the past week Ive burnt through roughly 75 50 grit sanding pads, 10 sheets of 60 grit stick on 1/4 sheet, 4 sheets of 9x12 50 grit, and a roll of carpet tape. Oh, and my rotator cuffs. Its been a good deal of work since I tried to longboard most of it. As it turns out, that takes a LONG time. Longer than I have. I got back aboard the random orbit sander wagon, although it has left me with a wavy surface. Thats not necessarily due to the sander, moreso due to my inept, random, unfair, and anti-smooth application of fairing compound. Do not, under any circumstances, have me do your drywall.

On that note, has anyone looked at the calendar lately? Its like a week and a half to June. I am a miserable failure. We now have two choices. One, accept the loss as one of laziness, lack of skill, and repeating projects due to idiot mistakes. This is the course of builder error. Two, we can blame outside factors. Started in Oct, and had exceptionally poor weather, not gonna get any epoxying done when it was 10 below zero at night. Or the plywood issue. My long term readers may remember my 5 week long wait for plywood that was stuck at the border.

I vote we blame everyone else! It can't possibly be my fault we are behind schedule. Or yours, if your project is behind. If we blame others, then we can continue working with no remorse.

Due to contributing factors, I am going to add the 5 weeks I missed to the finish date.

July 4th.

Wish me luck.

Anyone in the pacific NW that wants to help out, see the boat, or help flip it over, just send a comment and let me know!

Im gonna go rest now, Ive got sanding to do tomorrow.

E