Friday, March 20, 2015

Bulkheads 1,2,3 & 4


It's been drizzling rain this AM so (without anyone else around), I took the work in the house and chopped up a new sheet of ply here. 
Anyway, by lunchtime I'd marked off B1, B2 and B4, then had these roughly cut out. Afterwards I sanded the sides and centre cut outs (B's 3 & 4), to finished dimensions. I didn't bother with the cambered tops, I'll do these after the beams have been fixed in place. 

Next, add cleats and epoxy coat. One mod' I am looking at with B2 (front end of the cabin), is to forego a plain large opening and install a watertight hatch. This will keep the area between collision bulkhead #1 and B#2 dry and provide floatation in the event of a serious dunking, capsize or holing. 
There's no way my partner will catch me out working in the house, she's halfway across the Tasman Sea heading east. 

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