{"id":1495,"date":"2022-10-10T10:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denmarkrowers.org.au\/blog\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2022-10-19T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:29:11","slug":"day-108-last-inner-gunwale-batten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denmarkrowers.org.au\/blog\/2022\/10\/10\/day-108-last-inner-gunwale-batten\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 108, Last inner gunwale batten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monday 10th October<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorry, more photos of cakes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taped up and ready to paint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Continuation of the painted strip across the rudder to accentuate the sheer (sweep) of the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finished and ready for a few coats of varnish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inner batten in place and glued.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even the fiddly bits came together well in the end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After lunch I started to paint the green plank and Ted cut down the oar blades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Losing the clever look to the oar blades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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5 symmetrical oar blades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The green stripe going on as best as I could over white.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dan setting up the winch post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even thought of a bracket to hold the winch handle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Solid frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers Dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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