Foiled!

Wow - another 6 weeks have gone by and zero progress on the PaperJet! A lot of that can be attributed to the fact that it has been absolutely stinking hot here and it has not really been to pleasant to hang out in the garage! Also the creating of a custom cover for the Capri 18 took time away from this project!

This weekend we had some nice overcast weather, and even though it was very humid, it was a least bearable in the garage.

My first order of business was to sand down the dagger board to make sure everything was going to fit through the slot in both the bottom and the top. It took a fair amount of sanding on both the dagger board and the wooden fillets that I had installed on the hull side of the daggerboard locker to make it go up and down smoothly. It was interesting that from the bottom of the boat I could raise and lower the daggerboard without too many issues, but when trying to do it from on top, it kept binding! After a lot of sanding it finally goes up and down smoothly! I must admit I am grateful that I decided not to finish up the foils. I am pretty sure that all this fitting would have completely ruined a good finish!

Apart from sanding the daggerboard, I also took the time to sand down the rudder so that it was smooth and ready to attach the handle.

I also took the time to make the fillets for the deck side of the daggerboard locker. I got all four of them cut out, fitted and epoxied. I took the time and effort to soften the inside corner to hopefully make sliding the daggerboard into the slot a litter easier. I was going to install them today, until I found out that I made two starboard front pieces! So, I have to apply the laminating epoxy to the other side of the piece! Therefore, it appears that this will be accomplished this week.

Next order of business is to epoxy in the fillets and to also epoxy the handles onto the foils. After that I suspect that there is going to be a lot of sanding in my future!