Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Drill, fill, drill....



Here is another step not mentioned in the manuals that is important.....


Drill every hole needed for rigging, temporary rig, then take it all off, drill every hole 2 sizes larger, then fill with thickened epoxy (wood flour), then later on (much later on) drill out and install rigging to the original size. Why????? Because this way our final holes are drilled through epoxy (not wood), leaving our hull's integrity for keeping out water 100% guaranteed. The shortcut would be to drill and intall rigging with RTV, which eventually will leak somehow and the hull would then wick in water and create an unsightly stain that is not reversable. After all the work of building, one more step to ensure a proper job is no big deal. In the second pic, you can see 3 holes that were filled in darker with wood flour. These will become invisible under the rigging later on. Much later on.

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