January 7, 2003
Gluing was the name of the day. Once final fitting was completed, the majority of the day was spent gluing on the secondary runners and non-trips.
The battens on the boat were covered in glue, the runner was carefully placed down on this without much movement required to align, and then the screws were dropped in. Shortly after, two people, one working the front and the other the back, would get under the boat manned with rags and cans of acetone (or toluene). This was to clean up all the glue runs before they hardened.
The later project of the day was to start cutting and fitting the battens for the aluminum which will go on top of the wood.
Originally the boat had the aluminum glued to the wood, and the whole affair was glued onto the battens. This has been changed slightly, in that we are putting the wood down on battens, then putting the aluminum down on some more battens (on top of the wood).
This is a slight design change, but leaves the sponsons with exactly the same dimensions as the original construction; but it will be easier to adjust the runner angle.
Read MoreThe battens on the boat were covered in glue, the runner was carefully placed down on this without much movement required to align, and then the screws were dropped in. Shortly after, two people, one working the front and the other the back, would get under the boat manned with rags and cans of acetone (or toluene). This was to clean up all the glue runs before they hardened.
The later project of the day was to start cutting and fitting the battens for the aluminum which will go on top of the wood.
Originally the boat had the aluminum glued to the wood, and the whole affair was glued onto the battens. This has been changed slightly, in that we are putting the wood down on battens, then putting the aluminum down on some more battens (on top of the wood).
This is a slight design change, but leaves the sponsons with exactly the same dimensions as the original construction; but it will be easier to adjust the runner angle.
