Daddy: Why did you put that wall there?

The weather has been so good that I'm running a bit low on slow epoxy hardener. I decided to rough cut and fit the aft most hull panels inboard and outboard. They were glassed on the interior side after being cut to shape.

John was on his way either in or out to play when his path was blocked by a hull panel resting between the door and the framework. Hence his concern over the "wall" in his way.




After glassing I refitted to the hull to mark the inside face for the stringers. Then I can remove to drill the holes for the screws. Each panel will have somewhere around 75 screws. Then, fit again to drill the pilot holes into the stringers. Remove, again to sand the areas that will contact the stringers to assure a good bond.





The same panel with all holes drilled and bearing surfaces of stringers, gunwales and butt blocks sanded. On future panels I will stop the glass at the lower stringer line to make the prep for glassing the chine joints easier.