02 Apr 23:
So back to our regularly scheduled programming. I don't remember where we left off with ST. JACQUES, but he is in Lewis Boat Works to repair some hurricane rash.
And to get a refresh on the Pettit EZPoxy Sea Foam Green.
TETRIS was of course required to move EXCUSE ME over to the Sunfish Shack and open up a spot in Lewis Boat Works.
While boats were rolling around we rinsed off the Sunfish WAVE and gave ST. JACQUES a freshwater rinse of TILEX and water.
We took a tracing to get the basic shape of a dutchman.
Trimmed out loose bits of the damaged gunwale with a chisel, then focused on shaping the new piece to fit. I don't like carving on the boat piece, trying to keep as much original boat as possible. If the new piece gets messed up, we just start over on a new piece while the boat breathes easy. Shaping on this piece was done with a random orbital sander and stationary belt sander, tiny bits at a time.
New piece fastened with TotalBoat THIXO Flex, a thickened flexible epoxy adhesive. The thickened epoxy fills gaps and the flexible formula tolerates the small amount of movement between different woods.
Clamps Murray, Richard and Webb are helping.
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