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I am getting used to stay alone at the cottage:) Nice and quiet; do what I like... I miss the city though: family, dogs, Internet... Anyway, I stayed there 3 nights, made a good progress on the boat.
Here is the picture of 1708 - fiberglass material I use for reinforsing stringers and bulkheads. I will use one layer of it on bulkheads and two layers on stringers.

Here is my working area: all fiberglass cut to size, wood is ready for fireplace:)



I used all the resin filler... Had to use some wood "dust" - not the best filler, but worked as temporary (read permanent) replacement. Need to buy some talc now...

Some pictures of fiberglassed subframe:










Some extra glass here to reinforce the transom:




Some more pictures:











I have a little problem here: thick fiberglass doesn't like corners and points... I needed to cup the plywood with something on the top. I rounded all the edges, thinking that I can wrap the glass around - that was a mistake. Fiberglass doesn't want to stay on the radius... Decided just to cover it with resin for now. On the rest of the subframe I will try to keep tops as flat as possible...
Here are the pictures of the glassed tops...

This one is just covered with resin. I am thinking about thickening the resin with some fibers before applying. Should stay in place better:

Here is the picture of the nose part: same work has to be done... I started from sanding and vacuuming... Hate that part...

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I had nothing to post lately... Nothing mentionable...
Worked on the Elan frame: removed some paint, etc.
Bought some suppluies for boat project: 5 gal. of resin, 8 kg. of 1708 8" fiberglass tape, etc.
Tomorrow going to the cottage to get some work done: will laminate the stringers and bulkheads to the hull.
Also, started another batch of beer today. Stout again. Bottling in two weeks.

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