1 Step Forward, 18 Steps Back

Got it all primed on the topside, and it looks slick in a picture. Problem is that it there is still another round of fairing to be done. So I have since gone back and started filling, and now it looks rough again with blue streaks of fairing compound all over it. Soon enough I will seal it all up though.

And it continues...

Topside Fairing

Flipped the boat right side up and started fairing. I used a fairing compound I got from US composites along with the US Composites epoxy. This epoxy is actually really good for fairing because it is already kind of thick.

I mixed it up and poured it over the various sections of the boat. Once it cures I just sand it down with the polisher with 36 grit, and then move on down to about 80 grit at the end. It sands pretty easy, and spreads nicely over the glass, filling the weave.

I got Robert to help me sand it, and this day was tough for both of us. It was a lot of work, and a lot of glass particles down the shorts and all over.

Carp Fishing

I took my dad along with me to go after carp on the fly rod. I thought it would be a good way to get him into fly fishing--to catch a few 5 lb fish on the fly rod. It wasn't easy though. In fact, it was quite challenging. We were sight casting to them in about 2 feet of water with little bead head nyphs and wooly boogers. You had to drop the fly right on the fish's head to trigger a strike. We went ona  lake near Gastonia with Capt. Paul Rose: http://www.carolinabonefishing.com/

Primer Coat

The hull has now been sprayed with Interlux Primer paint. It looks damn good, but needs a touch more fairing before the final coat can go on. Robert and I got it pretty fair over the past couple of weeks so that is really going to save on time and material as I move forward. Here she is: