Doug's GV10

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Re: Doug's GV10

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Yay! :D Always a good milestone building a boat. :)

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Re: Doug's GV10

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Definitely not the worlds best taping and sanding job, but its solid and done. Besides, a layer of 12 oz biax is going to cover the sole and bottom and hopefully hide my sins!

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Seat tops will be fastened after biax is applied to the sole and faired.

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Seat tops will get fastened after all the biax is down.

This is my boat building buddy, Silver the Beauceron.

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Completed: FL12 GV10
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Re: Doug's GV10

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Looks fine in those pictures. :)

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Re: Doug's GV10

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Got the bottom glassed with 12 oz biax this morning. 3 hours start to finish from bare plywood to coated, glassed and recoated. I think it turned out fairly well considering it's the first time I've done this.

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Completed: FL12 GV10
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Re: Doug's GV10

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So I have a question. Not having dealt with 12 oz biax in the past, it looks like the crosshatch is not as defined as it is in pictures posted by others. Am I done sanding or should I go a little deeper?

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Completed: FL12 GV10
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Re: Doug's GV10

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Done, clean it and put the fairing compound on.
Boat looks very nice 8)

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Re: Doug's GV10

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Thanks Peter, but it wont deserve to be in the same ocean with that CS25 you built! Beautiful boat!
Completed: FL12 GV10
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Re: Doug's GV10

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If you haven't already, then paint the inside of that forward compartment before putting the lid on it. Having just twisted myself into a pretzel to reach the inside of mine, I wish I had. The bottom of the seats is another annoying spot to reach after they're mounted.

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Re: Doug's GV10

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Thanks Corvidae, seat tops are about the last thing that will be done. Rigid foam panels will be glued in under the seat tops before they are installed permanently.
Completed: FL12 GV10
Next up: P19!
Doug

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Re: Doug's GV10

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Made a little progress. The sole is fiberglassed with 12oz biax, the rubrails are on, and I applied the first coat of fairing slurry to one side of the bottom. Didn't seem to do much in the way of filling the weave. Is that to be expected, or should I be using more wood flour in the slurry?

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Completed: FL12 GV10
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