… or… That’s a lot of fabric!
We did the forward side of both forward beam mounts late last night – I don’t have a picture of it due to lighting, but it was a long 3 hours in a pretty cramped space. If you’ve thought about putting in the anchor-well before laminating this area – DON’T! 
I’m very glad we haven’t installed it yet.
The following two pictures are of the unidirectional fabrics and compression pad hard-wood. The only fabric missing from the picture are the sheets of C-spec (8 pieces) since they were below-deck, but you can get an idea of just how much fabric is used for this. This also does not include the fabric required for the perimeter “flange” around the bulkhead or bolt-hole “doublers”…
yeah… it’s a lot of fabric…
We’re going to laminate the aft side this evening and I’ll make sure to take some pictures then.
Been slow going, but I took this week off from work to hopefully get “caught up” on things.
Last time we managed to get the forward beam compression area formed up and laminated
This was relatively straight-forward after confirming with Ian that the portion of the former that protrudes into the hull can be sanded more “flush” with the interior before laminating. The former is cut straight (90 degrees) relative to the beam mount, but the interior has an angle at this area.
Took some “core samples” of the cockpit area by drilling the drain holes for the two “wet” compartments we’ll have and cutting out an area for the safety hatch (went with 8″ Beckson)
Finally, dad built the mold for the companion-way area and we laminated that with peel-ply on the inside (on top of the taped wood mold) since grinding that would prove difficult (or impossible). Also put peel-ply on the outside.
Decided to pull the mold out while the epoxy was still slightly “green” – was a good idea since it was a difficult release. The bottom mold is still in place until cured as I’ll need to trim the fiberglass first since it covered up the screws (oops). We’ve decided to let the flange go down further than the plans specify to give an area to route wiring if needed. Will do the inside part of the lamination either later tonight or tomorrow morning.
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