Eric's C21

[Jeff]

Glad it worked out for you!!!!! No grinding!! Jeff

[Browndog]

Eric,
It is unlikely caused by you at all. I'm seeing on my build that the panels can dip in between the mold frames due to the weight of the unsupported panel. I've tried to minimize it, but when you flip the boat, my guess is that the dip disappears.

[Eric1]

It's been a hectic day. I only managed to get this little bit done.
I started putting Quick Fair on the lower panel. I've used 120 grams but it's not covered yet.
I'm try to go very thin as most of the lows are only as tall as the blue guide coat I had applied.



From the bow.



I'm ready for a strong drink tonight.

[Eric1]

Eric,
It is unlikely caused by you at all. I'm seeing on my build that the panels can dip in between the mold frames due to the weight of the unsupported panel. I've tried to minimize it, but when you flip the boat, my guess is that the dip disappears.

Hey Browndog,

Go up on the page where Jacques responded. As I have multiple overlaps from the extra layer I added that made it higher than normal. I'm gonna leave it be. I have never been offshore where I didn't have to run trim tabs down anyway.

[Browndog]

Eric,

You and me both. Use the trim tabs all the time. It is comforting from Jacques response that it is not a big deal. Thankfully there seems to be some wiggle room in boat building, compared to other forms of construction. Guess that is why I like it so much, don't have to be a brain surgeon. The boat is looking really nice. Can't wait to see her flipped.

[Eric1]

Eric,

You and me both. Use the trim tabs all the time. It is comforting from Jacques response that it is not a big deal. Thankfully there seems to be some wiggle room in boat building, compared to other forms of construction. Guess that is why I like it so much, don't have to be a brain surgeon. The boat is looking really nice. Can't wait to see her flipped.

Yes Sir Bro! Me too!! I was crapping bricks this morning. Thank You Too.

[Eric1]

I sanded the transom section, panel seam and bow only as I knew these areas would need more filler.
I'm either getting better at this or I was just lucky.
I only needed 45 more grams of Quick Fair to fill the lows and part of that I used to touch up a couple of places on the upper panel.







I'll start sanding the bottom after lunch.

[Jeff]

Nice Eric!!! Jeff

[Eric1]

Nice Eric!!! Jeff

Thank you Jeff.

Spent the afternoon sanding the bottom.
I got decent results, still some spots to fill but not much.
I made it about 16' from transom then I called it a day.



Marking lows with pencil. It helps me remember them.





Going home to grab a shower before Bible study tonight. Y'all have a good evening and I'll see you tomorrow.

[Eric1]

I finished sanding the bow from the second pass of quick fair.
As before I circled the obvious lows with a carpenters pencil. I stumbled on a quick and easy way to "guide coat" the curve.
After sanding with a 16" block with 80 grit, I circled some of the lows with the pencil. Then realized I had not sanded with the 24" 120 grit block.
So I proceeded to sand over the whole surface. That revealed I was sanding away some of the pencil marks. I'm having a little bit of a time trying to see whats fair due to the different colors that blend from sanding quick fair against micro balloons. So I used the pencil to draw kind of an "S" shaped pattern over the bow and sanded again. That revealed a good bit of what I thought was low was already fair. Yes, I was chasing ghosts! Blame my eyes they are as old as the rest of me. LOL It also revealed some lows I thought were already fair.

This picture shows a circled low (sore thumb) and a low that I would have missed. Note the two near vertical lines.



This after sanding the whole bow area



From the front



The keel line looks like hammered dog poop but I'm going to address that after I get both bottom panels faired.