Monday 10th October
Ted has come down from Perth to help again which is great. He is staying with me and shot out to Greens Pool for an early swim before joining me in the shed. It had been sunny really early this morning but by the time we got to the shed it was bucketing down and occasionally hailing. Geoff commented that it wouldn’t be a good day for painting but our schedule wouldn’t allow a let up.
Geoff and mark joined me in doing the final cuts in the inner gunwale batten ends to fit them and then to glue them. It took a while and we stopped for tea and doughnuts and a caramel slice brought in by Geoff and Ted.
We also taped up boat 1 ready to receive its green paint along the second plank and over the rudder. To do this we had to put the rudder on upside down and with Veronica’s help worked out how the sheer of the plank continued across the rudder.
Ted sanded the cox and bow seats ready for varnishing and then left the building to avoid the chemicals from the glueing process on the inner gunwale in boat 2 which he is allergic to.
Mark, Geoff and I applied glue to the blocks of the gunwale then with Veronica’s help after Geoff had left we clamped into place the inner batten. It went relatively easily.
After lunch I started to paint the green plank and Ted cut down the oar blades.
On the way home Ted and I called in at Denmark Mobile Welding where Dan has been welding up the trailer frames over the weekend and was putting the finishing touches to them before they get sent up to Perth for galvanising. He’s doing a great job.
We discussed again the make up of the benches that will support the bottom of the boat. My preference still held out that they should be made of wood and covered with carpet rather than the hard plastic which I have had experience with and it wasn’t a good one. All being well we should have registered trailers about a week before the launch.
It was a great days work and now having the inner gunwale in we can get on with the breasthooks, beams and the tops of the frames.
Cheers Dave