This seems like a small step, but took me forever. Cutting all the glass strips and peel ply, prepping, and making the time to do the whole layup was daunting. Got it all done though and it worked out pretty well in the end.
Glassed the foredeck, a rather painful sliver, filleted the newly install gussets, and clamped and installed the foredeck hatch.
Decided to tackle installing new engine mounts this winter, and it turns out it's probably a good thing I did. The old ones were obviously pretty worn, but I hadn't noticed that one of them was actually not even attached. It turns out the bold (hidden inside the attachment bracket …
Another weeks worth of work... Removed all the wires and injected the hold with epoxy. Sanded down the hull.
More work on the danggerboard trunk assembly, and glassed the bulkheads.
Installed the spacers and attached the two bulkheads together (these will be cut apart later).
Installed the main bulkheads. This …
Few days of work. Glassed the seat panels. Shaped the steam, which was a fun step got to make some good use of my new block plane, and filleted the chines.
Also started work on the bulkheads and daggerboard trunk.
Installed the steam at the front of the boat and the top aft member.
Injecting epoxy into the seams along the stitched together panels.
Attaching the gunnels, this is a challenging step to glue up and a lot of screws! Lots of prep work but nice to have them on there finally.
started work stitching the hull together
Glassing the panels
Started work on PT11 Dingy!
I've been lusting after this dingy for a few years, and finally pulled the trigger and actually ordered it. Now the challenging part of actually assembling it.
Very first step of gluing the puzzle joints together for the long panels.
Removed the old port lights. This is a scary step, but refreshing as they were leaking and extremely crazed.