The Boat Shop

We took some time to add a second coat while the first was still a little green.  A quick surface sanding with 100 grit and Valkyrie was ready.

Second coat

This looks like a good place to have a seat

The day started out with positing the removable seat so that the cleats could be installed.  After all of the marks had been transferred onto the hull, Travis picked up the grinder and trimmed the interior edge of raw glass, smoothing everything up and down to the final line.  The sheer was also trimmed back and edge faired.

There's always something to grind

Using some of the material left over from sealing the deck, pieces were fitted to the top of the pedestal.  Tapes of 17-08 were also cut for the balsa strips on the side of the hull as well as tapes for inside the stowage area, joining the hull to the deck and acting as a backing plate for the mooring bit.

Interior 'glass work nearly done

The balsa core strips were first on the list to be done, and those went into place with out incident.  The tapes for inside the stowage area too went into place fairly well, even if one did have to lay down through the doorway to do it.  The backing plate material however was an absolute pain.  After several attempts through the doorway, Travis finally had to crawl inside and laminate directly overhead.  Needless to say there was more resin transfer than he wanted (mostly to arms and hair).

While the fiberglass was curing, brushable enamel was mixed and rolled out onto the deck.  Excess enamel was then applied to the interior of Valkyrie.

Another rare photo of the elusive boat builder

White topsides

In addition to staining and sealing the face and doors of bulkhead #2, Ed also put additional resin on the deck, filling the slight weave of the cloth and shaped the pedestal underneath the console.

Bulkhead #2

Strips of balsa were attached to the side of the hull for clips to be installed to hold things (i.e. – gaff, wash down brush, etc) and a plate was cut to go on the pedestal so that the console can be fastened to it.

Console pedestal