Port float joining

Today was a pretty big day – first we had to take the starboard float outside in order to make room for the joining

Looks pretty big next to something else that it can be compared to. Also seems to have come out better than we expected. A few rough areas to clean up and some excess that still needs to be trimmed away, but building method seems to be very efficient from what I’ve read on other types of building

Once this float was out, we took the first float half made down from the ceiling, walked it outside, turned it and brought back inside to suspend above the fourth float half for joining. No pictures here, as our hands were full with float 🙂

But it left a nice working area for a few minutes to clean up the keel area

Once again, a few bulkheads were too big for this half and needed to be trimmed, though not too much came off – so the shape is very close to what is intended. Most likely this occurred somewhere in the process of us either planking or tracing or cutting bulkheads.

The halves were bogged together and filleting and taping commenced with the bulkheads

Did not have time to tape the keel join or the bow bulkhead. Also need to attach and laminate the chainplate pad and chainplate into place. Once this is done, the port float will be ready to remove and the form-frames taken off the strongback to make an area to rest the floats upside-down for the remainder of internal work.

It was a late night by the time we finished, and moved the starboard float back inside

Where it will rest above the port float until they are both moved next time.

Time spent : 6.5 hours