Originally my goal was to get the spacers built, add 3 coats of epoxy and have them installed prior to this weekend. The thought was I could then finish the fine sanding on the hull and start the epoxy/fairing/primer process. Alas, the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes get waylaid and it occurred to me that I may not want to rush this process, since it is pretty critical that everything is lined up and true!
So, I had some poplar lying around in the shop and using my handy home made jig cut the spacers to size per plan. I then spent a fair amount time sanding/fitting them with the daggerboard installed in the boat, making sure that they were going to be a snug, yet not binding fit!
Once I ascertained that they were the correct size I rounded off the inside edges with the hopes that it will make installing the daggerboard in the boat easier and guide them into the hole!
I added 3 coats of laminating epoxy
and installed them using some spare pieces of cedar as wedges to hold them in place.
Overall not too pretty, but once everything is epoxied, faired and primered it will look good!
My goal is now to finish sanding the hull with 220 grit paper and epoxy, fair, and primer the hull!
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