Well I finally got home for a few days off. The weather was great so I took advantage of it and worked on the boat. I managed to make and install # 4 and #5 strakes. I must be getting a little better at building them I can make the pattern and cut and epoxy them in one day and install them the next day. M helped me install them which was really helpful. The crazy thing is that even though the curve of the planks decreases the they seem to be harder to install and as we bend the ends around at the aft the strake cracks really loudly scares the hell out of us. I still haven’t figured out what exactly is cracking but I haven’t seen any damage yet.
Getting ready to cut pattern.
Pieces all scarphed ready for assembly.
All put together, epoxied and clamped to the pattern.
4th strake installed.
4th strake installed.
4th strake installed.
5th strake installed.
5th strake installed.