Openning boat day, lets see, that's 6 or 7 months away. No, no, no, way is that gonna happen. Now don't be pressing me Rick:) I'm hoping to take her out to Neah Bay in late August for kings, silvers, halibut, ling and rockfish, and I think that's pushing it.Rick wrote:So, George, why did you leave the tape on after you wet out the epoxy? I would have thought that you would want to wet the edges, too. Of course, you may have removed it right after you took the pictures, so forget I asked.
I'm sure I'm speaking for all PNW bpoers that we are looking forward to rides on opening day next summer.
I put the tape on as a reference for cutting the cloth and to keep it off the area where the upper side panels mount. It worked well for that. Only had a few unraveled ends laminated onto the tape that had to be cut before removing it. On the transom didn't need the tape other than for cutting the cloth neatly. I should have removed it before hand. As you can see in the photos, the cloth edge finished on top of the tape so I had to cut it to remove the tape. Of course it leaves an abrupt edge. But since I plan on laminating 6oz woven cloth on the upper panels and rest of transom it shouldn't cause much extra work.
