These images are self-explanatory. If there are any questions, just ask.
Port Bow (after a bit of sanding):
Port side, voids, hidden behind the FG tape and fairing compound, appeared during the gross sanding - done with 80-grit disks on a ROS.
Lumpy starboard side - and still, with all that thickened epoxy, that visible hollow and "hook-nose" were evident.
Having created a lot of dust grinding away with the ROS, I uncovered the starboard voids. Taking apart my own work was helpful in several ways: It showed me that rushing through a task rarely makes sense. I also learned that I fooled myself into believing - at the time - that I had done a decent job of fairing the bow (I downplayed that hook-nose look in my mind's eye.). It was at this point in the deconstruction I decided to take out the dowel and fair the stem and bow properly.
More of the starboard side.
All of the fairing compound and the entire dowel were sanded away. Doing that also took me down to bare plywood. I was able to do some sculpting with the ROS to get the stem shaped nicely.
(I'll add a couple of photos showing that step - but the camera doesn't do it justice).
Next - Fairing with epoxy, FG, and filler.
1 comment:
Oh jeez! I didn't see these until this afternoon! Nice work uncovering the not-so-nice work from before. I had a few spots I just knocked out of my boat, but nothing like this. It'll feel good once you get it all back together again and it's neat!
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