surfdabbler

Once the glass was done, the whole lot was taken off the baseboard. Most of it was easy to just break the glue off, but a couple of the profiles needed sawing the ‘legs’ to get them off the baseboard. Once the boat was free of the baseboard, all the ‘legs’ were taken off all the profiles, and the deck was laid.

The completed deck was then fibreglassed. Again with the tissue cloth, with the pieces cut to fit the shapes of the deck. I took a little too much time with the epoxy, and it was quite thick by the end, so the front of the deck has maybe 1mm of epoxy thickness, which is far more than necessary. So, I’ve learned that when the epoxy starts to gel, don’t try to finish the job quickly. Just throw it out, and mix another batch.

Oh, I nearly forgot, before laying out the deck and glassing it, a strip of tape was put around the top edge of the hull, so the deck wouldn’t get stuck to it. It’s all gotta come apart again to get the profiles out.