Boat Builder Central

Finally gave her the splash, super fun and handles great! Had a great time with the build overall.

After letting her sit for 6 months finally got around to paint. Still a few details to finish up, but she’s almost there. Hardware, teak seadek mats, and registration coming up. Super fun build overall. C130B253-931D-4949-B481-99E5822D9CC2.jpeg 47845638-917A-425F-96E5-55BD0A54EB9C.jpeg 84F87205-605F...

Another round of fairing and sanding done. Not sure if it’s my last, but I’m hoping so. Got the hanger bolts installed, bedded in 4000. One leg of my grab rail was shorter than the rest by 1/4”, so I made a cutout that I will glue under the foot to level it. One more question on the fairing… hopeful...

I’ve read that the first coat of fairing should be thin to fill the weave and the subsequent 2nd and 3rd coats thicker than the last. For my deck situation where it’s only tape at the fillets and the entire deck isn’t glassed, how thick, more or less, should the compound be on the glass when finishe...

Some progress and question on fairing: Gave the first round of deck fairing a sanding. Glued in the bow eye backer and made the cutout for the bow hatch. Filled the holes for the grab rail hanger bolts and put down a second coat of fairing compound on the horizontal parts of the deck and the transom...

Dougster wrote: ↑Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:25 am Much neater than my work, but sure looks familiar. I'm about to take wife and SK14 to Caddo lake in Tx for some fun. Great little boat.

Dougster

I’ve studied your build in detail and know that not to be true. Nonetheless I appreciate it!

Still have lots to do on the hull, but decided to flip and work on the top. Made up some blocking for the bow eye and drilled the holes and dry fit it along with the hatch framing. Should hopefully get the bow compartment sealed up soon. First coat of fairing in the front half of the deck. Still hav...

I was going to use Awlgrip topcoat for painting the sides since they have a nice array of color choices. I’ve been reading on it more and the data sheet says not to use below the waterline. Since the paint will meet the graphite coating at the waterline is it safe to still use the awlgrip on the sid...

Here’s photos of the second round of fairing, not sanded. I ordered some sticky back rolls of sandpaper so I can make a long board. Will spray a guide coat on prior to sanding. From Peewee’s advice about putting on a coat or two of neat epoxy prior to finish, I’m assuming I should give the neat coat...

Thank you both! That helps a lot. For building up the sharp edges, is it alright to use the fairing compound? From what I’ve read it sounds like people use milled glass or something of the sort for that, but it’d be convenient if I could use the BBC fairing compound I already have since the kit only...