Thursday 27 October

The main event of the day was to get the inside of boat 2 coated with resin and there were a couple of things we had to do first. I got a head start trimming the little thwart support blocks down with the multitool sander so that the thwarts sat squarely on their beams. Lesley arrived bring a fresh batch of muffins for morning tea. She got set up to resin coat the footrests for boat 2.

Epoxy resin coating to protect the footrests.

John I gave the rudder a final sand and then a final coat of resin.

John ! resin coating a swinging rudder.

Paul W went on with sanding the gunwale and I cleaned up glue lumps under the bow breasthook.

Paul nearing the end of his sanding mission.

Adrian did the tricky job of drilling the holes for the wooden pegs that will hold the thwarts tightly on the beams.

Peg hole drilling.

And all of this was achieved in the morning with the help of our latest member, Rovie, who had interviewed me at Denmark FM on Monday.

Rovie helping with sanding and clean up ready for the resin.
More delicious muffins !
Stuart and Harry joined us for a sociable morning tea.

Then it was into painting the hull with all hands on deck.

This is the magic part as the wood darkens and starts to shine.
First of three coats.

Tomorrow I’ll be glueing on the rowlock blocks and varnishing them over the weekend.

Cheers Dave