The days of epoxying in the Seattle area are dwindling down. Progress was still made, however. One more thing was crossed off the list of pending boat ownership.
We bought a car!
(Photo taken while stopped at a stoplight. Don't worry, I'm not that person.)
A 2001 Subaru H6-VDC, 212HP in an innocuous looking station wagon. Yeeeesh. Night and day difference from my 2011 Mazda2 that pulled in a whopping 100hp.
Speaking of which, that little Mazda was a fantastic city car, she drove like a zippy little go-cart. I'll miss her pep, as driving the Outback is like driving a greenhouse in comparison.
Julie Every thing is coming along nicely. I don't know why I didn't use the spoon for the fillets I used a lot of spoons for mixing epoxy. along with forks and knives. My weather has brought epoxying to a close until spring. Keep up the good work. Pete hull 52
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pete!!
DeleteI hear you on the weather, I was hoping that since we had a beautiful long summer, the fall and winter would be equally as mild and pleasant. Nope- our highs have been barely over 50F. Not really ideal for curing epoxy! But at least now I have an excuse to do other things, like tend to my poor, neglected garden and to clean up the shed... wheee! And if I get too antsy waiting around for warmer weather, I'll start shaping the rudder.
Good luck with your build, Pete! Thanks for your comment- hope you'll give the spoon method a try. :)
I used tongue depressors and sometimes popsicle sticks (depending on the size of the fillet I wanted). The straight edge works great for removing the excess epoxy so no masking tape is required.
ReplyDeleteNice, Joel! I attempted the popsicle stick method without any luck. I'll have to give it another shot. :)
DeleteI've sworn off masking the fillets as well- it just ended up as extra work and once I got the hang of how the fillet stuff behaves, it's just so much easier fillet without it.
BTW, thanks for giving my brother all the pointers on the Welsford designs. :) He's been having a blast figuring out which boat to go with- I'm so excited to see him build one!
Nice. I really do like Mazda's although you'll definitely need more power when you're pulling a boat along!
ReplyDeleteMe too! It was a great little car while we had it. :)
DeleteHey Julie, what's building up there? Is it too cold already for the epoxy to cure? Have you found an inside place to build?
ReplyDeleteHello Rik!
DeleteI have a few options to continue Rio's build over the winter, but I've decided to use this time to focus on other things instead of pushing through the cold and/or moving her at this point. :)
Yeah, it's too cold, at least for epoxy work. Today the high is supposed to be a balmy 49F.
Hi Julie! I thought you were of to the other side of the pond... Good to hear you had a blast on the water.
ReplyDeleteGood for you to take a break from building. Hope you have something else exciting to do...
Stay warm,
Rik
I hope the Subaru isn't as cursed as the Mazda!
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