Port float continues; daggerboard case continues

Got a good amount of work done today. We started out getting the port float outside face ready to laminate

… and proceeded to laminate it

You’ll notice some buckets of fairing compound under the keel in this shot, it’s keeping the shape of the foam for the port side of the daggerboard case – got this all cut and worked on it while the float was curing

No pictures of the in-between, as it was rather time-consuming and a little on the messy side…

I probably should have listened to my gut for this part and used packaging tape for the release instead of a bag like with the starboard side. There are some visible wrinkles on the inside surface that need to get sanded out. No biggie, as the plan is to sand it and primer / paint it before joining the halves together.

By this time, the float has cured enough to flip over and grind off the fiberglass threads on the keel and get ready to laminate the inside face

… and I’m sure you can guess what happened next …

Now that the day is almost completely over (evident by the background light, or lack thereof) – the resin used for the daggerboard case has finally cured to a stage where it can be taken out of the bag

Whew… long day… tomorrow will be spent cleaning up the float, cutting access hatches to back-fill the foam with bog, and patching a small area of the deck where I “mis-guessed” drilling an access hole to see where something was inside… I have no excuse for this except sometimes I just don’t think 🙂 Will remove some foam, glue in another piece and patch (probably under vacuum for less fairing)…

Maybe by the end of tomorrow some fairing compound will be on the deck…?

Time spent: 10.5 hours