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  1. Hull is complete here in Maryland. Started painting it yesterday. Now that the heat wave is over :cool: I might make better progress.
  2. Thanks Bud, Sounds like a great idea. I'll try the ice trick tomorrow. Attached is a picture of the "repaired" bow section. Turned out OK, but was a real pain to fill and fair. Next time, more hot water soaking.., and less haste.
  3. Sorry, I haven't been "checking" the forum lately. The build is going more slowly than I had hoped.., pot life of epoxy is very short lately (even the slow cure stuff) because of temprature. Add that to the shortened pot life of my motivation (also caused by temprature)... results in some unexpected delays. The hull is currently upside down. The center board trunk, keel, bow board, and "rudder post" are installed, everything is covered in one layer of glass (two layers along the transom joint), filled, faired, and almost ready for paint (imagine that.., more sanding needed..,)
  4. Here are the "repair" pictures... The splice at station 13
  5. The build here in southern Maryland was also going well... until I developed a health "issue". The bow section is "repaired", and port side is completely filled and taped. Starboard side should be finished this week. I'll post pictures tomorrow...
  6. Hi Rex, Glad to see someone else is spending the winter building a new ride. The work around was needed because the bottom hull panels cracked during the "stitching" process. Paul Fisher said they had difficulty getting the bow of the one they built to come together, but that their plywood did hold up under the stress. I'm using 6mm okume from Joubert. There was no warning of an overstress (i.e., cracking/tearing sound) only a loud "bang" that scared the be-jeesus out of me. Last night I started stitching the 6x30mm plywood strips in place. No pics yet. It was late and the need of sleep finally took over...
  7. I sent an email to Selway Fisher and explained what I planned to do. OBTW, They are great about responding to questions. Paul Fisher agreed that a butt splice (located between stations 14 and 15 on the plans) with strips of 6x30mm plywood from the bow joint to the splice would resolve the problem. I'll post pictures of the workaround as it progresses.
  8. Finally the cold has relented and allowed me to begin the glue part of the stitch and glue process.
  9. Thanks Oyster for the advice about asking a specific question. On the detail drawing, the forward girder (fore and aft, underneath the foredeck) is shown in between the hull chine sections at the bow. That's easy enough to do but, the instructions state that this girder is installed after the hull sections are wired together. Which means that the girder would be epoxied in on the inside of the hull bow joint. That too is easy enough to do. Question is which way has it been done, and/or would one method be preferred over the other?
  10. I started the Selway-Fisher, Chincoteague 17 Skiff this weekend. Is there anyone on this forum that has constructed (or plans to...) one of these skiffs? With the exception of the stem joint details, the plans look straight forward enough. Just wondering if anyone has any advice, experience, or warnings that I should be aware of...
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