Cockpit coaming

Today I put in the cockpit coaming. The basic purpose

of this piece is to keep water out when you go through wave,

hold on a spray skirt, look cool, and strengthen the deck.

The piece I put in was preformed for me, out of mahogany.

Holding the coaming in is an epoxy fillet, made of epoxy,

silica powder, and sawdust for color.

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Glassing the Deck

Second coat of epoxy it on, starting to shine a bit..

It took about an hour to put the first coat of epoxy on,

because it really soaks in to the wood. The next two coats

should go really quick.

The first coat of epoxy is on, two left.

The cloth is sitting on it now, all ready to go.

All ready to fiberglass!!!

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Sanding the deck

All the sanding is finished now. First I sanded it with

80 grit, then finished it off with 120. The sand paper I used

was called Mirka Gold, it really takes the wood off fast.

Next, I need to put some putty in a couple cracks

and do a fine sand. Then it'll be about ready for the

fiberglass!

Finished!! after four and a half hours,

25 sanding disks and some clogged sinus's

Half finished the sanding!

Before starting to sand. It looks really gunky :D

All out!! Over 1000 staples and 4 hours of pulling :)

Now Im almost ready to start sanding the deck. First Im

going to hot glue the deck down to the hull. That way when I

sand and fiberglass it, I can be sure the deck will fight nicely

to the hull when its all finished.

Time to take out all the staples! In this picture all
the staples are jacked up. First I pop them all up with a sharp
screwdriver, then us pliers to pull them all the way out.

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