Friday, February 27, 2015
Coaming
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Arlene checking the fit of the starboard coaming. Amazingly, the fit was good, and all along the coaming, the heights above the deck were as per the plans. Well add a nose of Ramin to the coaming |
Both Dave on his blog and the designer, John Brooks in his build instructions, have said that the coaming is the most difficult part of the build, so we approached it with some trepidation.
Having read of Daves travails with mahogany, and his replacement with marine ply, I decided to go straight to the marine ply option, using the last of my 3/8" marine ply that I had left over from the planking.
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Woops....adding back wood, never a good thing.. |
Ive decided not to varnish the Coaming, but to paint it. I know this is not the traditional way, but the scarfing joints -- which are fine in strength -- will show under the varnish, and now that we have the added bit to the bottom part of the starboard coaming, that sealed the decision....
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Sunbaking floor sole planks |
The port floor sole planks of Douglas Fir are still wet with sap. Weve been tracking their weight in comparison with the starboard dry ones, and theyre still about 10% heavier. So we put them out in the nice Hong Kong winter sun. Its been about 15-20 degrees C, and 60% humidity, which counts as dry here in Hong Kong. After initially losing weight quickly, theyre now losing it more slowly, which I kind of expected: decreasing marginal returns, that sort of thing.
So, well keep them sunning themselves for as long as we can before fitting.
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