Marriah CS 20 104 almost ready to turn over and do bottom work

[Maria CS20 104]

Hey all, wife and I spent Saturday and Sunday glassing inside seams of the hull.  Yes all stitches and wires are out afet we filleted the Beast last week.  Set up a wet down table and as we made the epoxy, one of us would take the tape, lay out on thick plastic and wet down lengths of 18 to 48 inches of tape on the table as the other laid epoxy on the sides and center board.  One would paint hull, other would wet out tape and hand off and help set with laitex gloves on.  Sprinkled baby power on hands to allow for easy put on of gloves and keep the sticky down to a minimum.   I think we have discovered that we needed to "paint in" good cover as the other wet the glass tape and then we worked together to set the tape onto and into the wetted sections.  Got all the sides to bottom (internal chines) and then the center seam over Saturday and Sunday.  All set up went really well and found NO bubbles or separation.  I think having a wetdown table really helped a bunch in the wetting and then laying of tape.  Took less time too than the butt joins for the sides and bottoms as we set up to build the boat.   Went out this morning and found fine clear joins and glass.  Karen spent three or four hours sanding down ridges outside and inside on the glass.  I think I messed up some and should have put the high seams on the outside on every overlap but did not really know what I was doing, and it worked out fine as Karen really sanded down fine and true today and cut very little glass.  Still have the corners of the transom to glass up to the rails but all else is done.  She is going to sand down edges of center glass tommorrow and fair to the bottom, she is really getting really good with a soft touch.  Once done she will  lay one more coat of epoxy on all interall seams and I will do glass work on the transom corners up to rails to finish the internals before we set forward bulkhead and rear bulkhead.  We actually measured four and a half inches down the center seam and lined out for laydown for epoxy and tape.  Realy looks good.  K layed down another thin layer of epoxy on the center and is ready for sanding of high outside center edges.  WE HAVE A FEW QUESTION FOR ALL, HELP HELP HELP.  What's next?  We think it's to set forward bulkhead, fillett and tape and then set and place keel board, screw down and let set with very thick and gooey fillets and clean along sides with thickened epoxy and then finnaly set and fillet rear bulkhead, glas/tape, clamp and let all dry.  Once into place, then what?  Sand down lightly and turn boat for bottom work?  I think that's right, just need input as we progress.  Are we missing something?  I am not sure but I do think we are on track and we really need your input.  Is there something more we need to do inside the hull before turnover and fairing hull.  Any instructions and advice on bottom are really begged, appreciated and hope for as well.  The great Beast of a BOAT looks and measures so true with plumb bob, levels and squares it kinda scares me to see it work out so well but I am excited for the next step and it seems they are comming quickly with our progress.  I for one could not believe we had such a simple time with glassing the inside and look forward to trimming, planning and sanding the outside and putty fill work on the bottom.  Need  input we can get from experts and all folks who have been here before us.  I want this to be pure and clean and I love the touch and feel of the work.  Please, SEND ALL NOTES< DIRECTIONS AND COMMENTS.  Soooooon!

K wants to SAIL  

Jim Atkinson

Marriah CS 104