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Stephen,
Thank you for all the pictures. Please keep them coming. This is SO much fun to watch, and you make it look so easy. Maybe others will be inspired.
Question: What are the challenges around temperature in your build space?
 
What he said. Maybe you will hold a holiday open house? If you hold it we would come. I'll even bring eggnog and nutmeg!
 
Open house is a fun idea.
Tom, just the usual epoxy cure time monitoring. I bought that thermo/hygrometer for the other shop which is very dank and I was running a dehumidifier.
I could dry fit and remeasure forever but at some point...
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Centerboard trunk and aft stringers are glued in.
Happy Holidays.
 
I did a little test of 6 oz fiberglass tape versus 4.4 oz biax carbon. A blindfolded team of composite specialists deemed the carbon stiffer!
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Interesting feature is the oar locker hatch in the transom.
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This is a Concept 2 sculling oar I got at the consignment shop and will act as a reasonable sweep for the limited rowing I plan to do as a sailboat.
But I'll want two oars for the Missouri!
Any scullers out there have some old inventory?
 
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I finally feel I have enough structure to get in the boat and work without cracking glue joints. The deepest recesses of the center board trunk bottom are really hard to reach. I cut up the temporary frames to make temporary settees and if feels solid.
 
Also, sorted out some wifi so now have access to my how-to videos. I'm happy to say my lead pour is far in the past. But Leo remains an inspiration.
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This was a bit tricky.
In order to single point launch the boat I had to build in the structure to support the pad eyes.
I ran this by the designer and he didn't seem to hate it.
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Had to build a plug for the cockpit floor.
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Ten layers of biax and two layers of uni, it was a real chore to lay that up inside out.
You can see it, or you can reach it.
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