Vg20 finally underway

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Re: Vg20 finally underway

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new to sail wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:59 am I assembled the bottom panels, wired and got them glued. Next I will add fillet and tape.
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Great to see you're photos, looks great! I see you've been at this almost as long as me. I had a brief 20 yr hiatus while raising kids, but I'm recently back at it. I've got a long way to go to catch up to where you are! Keep up the good work!

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Hi Carl,

I will be looking forward to your progress. Glad to hear of another VG 20 in the works. Time has gotten away from me as well. I figured a couple of years tops, but here we are 15 years and then some.

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Got a chance to add a little more to my project. Had to wait a bit for a back order, but now I can continue.
I taped around the plexiglass to keep the silicone from getting messy. It kind of helped, but it is still a lot of work keeping everything clean.

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Real happy the way the portlight went on and I think looks really sharp.
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I did notice I've lost a lot of my early photos, what happened?

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new to sail wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:31 pm
I did notice I've lost a lot of my early photos, what happened?

Rick
Checked a few old posts. The problem is that the image url refer to “normal_” images. Those have been removed due to space and software changes. When you see one of your posts with broken images just edit it and remove “normal_” from then front of the image name.
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Thanks Jaysen, that did the trick. I will go back and fix the rest.

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Wow! Very nice, Rick! Looks like production quality

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Thanks Bogie,

I appreciate the compliment. Getting excited the closer I get to the finish line. Although I have ideas on other things I may tackle with upgrades later on, but first the boat needs to see the water.

I was sorry to see you sell your boat. Enjoyed reading your posts and seeing where you were taking her.

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Got a chance to do a little work on the interior. I should be working on getting the rigging in place, but still looking for a trailer so I can move to a good spot to set the mast up. I tried to just epoxy over the tapped area but couldn't make it look even with the rest of the wood, so decided to just insert the whole piece.
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So I bought enough wood by re-sawing the 3/4 in half to 3/8.
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I was able to join the wood, I do need more practice, because even though I tried to get strait edges I would up with light coming thru in a couple of places.
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I made a paper pattern to shape the wood.
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Then I traced it out and cut to size.
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I still had to notch out where the bulkhead came in, so I made a small template I cut work with to get a proper shape. The fillet and tape made it tricky.
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The final piece put in place. Just need to varnish and finish all the trim.
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Nice detail!
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Thanks Cape man. This has been a learning experience from day one.

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