More on Going Back Together

 We finished stripping off the teak and they have prepped and put two layers of glass on it ( one very thick mat and one very thick cloth).  So we now know it is stronger than with the original teak.  

We glassed the gunnels.  This was our first major glassing job on our own and also the first time we have ever used peel ply.  The peel ply worked great even though there were obstructions everywhere and the gunnels are full of all kinds of complex curves it came out pretty nice.  We have contracted out the final fairing and painting and that work has begun. 

We started putting things back together below deck.  So we can smell the end of the job coming.  Unfortunately we still have some liquid coming out of a few few of the blister holes below the waterline.  They are now talking about adding some heat to speed the process along. 

The first layer of mat going on

Mat on

Mat and cloth on

Port gunnel primed and first round of fairing added and drying