OB19 in SW FL

[wadestep]

Wet on wet is the way to go. Is your garage air conditioned?

Yes it is air conditioned. I bought 4'x8' sheets of styrofoam at Home Depot, and cut them to fit the back of my garage door since it faces west. I also had a whole bunch of insulation blown into the attic above the garage. Then I got one of those portable air conditioners and vented it through the pedestrian door. It may have cost about $600 or so do do all that, but being an air conditioned 84 degrees is SOOOOOO much better than a hot and humid and still 97. That $600 sped up my build time by 4-6 months, I'd bet.

I did the same thing with mine. Having met your wife, the structural engineer, I'd bet you're getting some outside influence in that "thinking" department

You're 100% correct. Having a structural engineer review your ideas/work is definatly a learning experience FWIW, she's really impressed with the boat strength.
It's good to see I'm in good company with this overthinking thing.

Looks great so far Wade. I agree wet on wet is the way to go. Even if you are sore and exhausted for the next few days

Very clean work.

Will

Thanks for the words of encouragement. You're right, I'd be wet-on-wet saves at least 1-2 hours for every hour you spend. The back will only be sore for a couple more days...

[Swamp Skiff]

Looks great Wadestep. I'm in N Ft Myers, if you need some help flipping the hull or something else just let me know. Love to check out the built some time one way or another.

[cape man]

Looking great!

[wadestep]

Looks great Wadestep. I'm in N Ft Myers, if you need some help flipping the hull or something else just let me know. Love to check out the built some time one way or another.

Thanks for the offer- I'm sure I could use any/all help I can get during the flip! You are welcome to come by most weekends if I'm home. There's not a whole lot to see right now, however, as it is in the fairing process. It'll probably be more interesting in a couple months after the flip.
email = wadestep at yahoo dot com

Looking great!

Thanks - I'm finally getting back on it this weekend after a 2 week hiatus. (vacationing)

wade

[Swamp Skiff]

Sure, I can "supervise" with the best of them! LOL! Just let me when you get close. I'll drop you a line about coming for a visit soon. Thanks for the offer.

[wadestep]

Ran into a snafu over the weekend. I finally got a really straight-edge that's 6' long and sized up the flattness of the running surface. For comparison a nickle is 0.077" thick (vs 1/8" is .125", 1/16" is .0625). So, I figured I won't be worried at all about 1/16" over 6 feet. Also will just do a little extra fairing with 1/8". However, I won't tolerate 2 nickles worth of warp.

Well, problem. There is a hook in the keel. I can fit 2 nickles under the straight edge for about 20" fore-aft, and 16" side-to-side. At the worst spot, 3 nickles fit. This is roughly centered 3 feet forward of the stern, at the keel. Even if I move the straight edge forward off the transom tape, I still have roughly the same problem. And the outside of the hull is fully glassed already. I don't know what really happened, the chines are perfect, and 1/2 way from the keel to the chine is perfect. The problem is centered at the keel.

So here's my expected solution: take some 12 oz cloth and cut 2 ovals, one about 4" bigger than the other. Laminate them on top of each other, centered in the dip, bigger one underneath. I'm hoping that will fill in most of the dip (hook). Then fill the rest with fairing compound, to no greater than 1 nickle's worth of hook, then call it good. What do you guys think?

Wade

[Doc_Dyer]

wade look at smokeymountains solution to his problem

[wadestep]

Perfect. That's exactally what I had in mind - I'm glad it's worked for someone else first! I've got 2 layers of 'glass curing right now, will re-check with the straight edge tonight to see where I stand.

Thanks for the picture
wade

[tech_support]

that is fine. You could have faired it out and structurally it would have been fine, but filling it systematically with pieces of cloth will make fairing MUCH easier.

[wadestep]

Fairing and sanding, fairing and sanding. Not much to show in the way of pictures right now, but I've been busy. I got my keel "hook" fixed to just over 1 nickle's width with 2 pieces of overlapped cloth. Right now, i'm about 1/4 way through sanding the second coat of fairing with fairing compound and Marinepoxy. LOTS of sanding going on.

I'm having a hard time finding locally 5" hook and loop 40 grit sandpaper. I can find 60 grit hook and loop, or 40 grit stick-on at Home Depot. However, the 60 grit is a lot slower, and the stick on has no holes, so it's a lot dustier. Any ideas about where to order 40 grit hook and loop?

Also - I'm using Norton's 3X paper. It's a lot better than the next option. It there any better paper out there or not?

thanks for the ideas...
wade