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It goes on and on...

Four more planks tonight. At this pace it should take me 5 or 6 more days to completely plank the bottom. Sigh...

I might be able to get two planking sessions per day over the weekend if I get up early enough and do four planks, then do another four in the evening. Should be enough time for the epoxy to set enough to hold it. 


It's getting easier to hold down the planks at the bow now that the most extreme curve has been epoxied. As the planks move to the outsides and aft of the bow, they don't have to bend as much. This rubber band clamping system works really well for model sailboats! I'd imagine that it would work well for any wood framed model boat actually.

You can sort of get the idea of how much holding power the rubber bands exert on the cedar bottom planking in the picture below.


I'm off to race my Tippecanoe T37 tomorrow for the first of the Winter Frostbite series... and it will be frosty too. Looks like it will be in the high 20's or low 30's when we start. For Seattle that is really cold for January, much less middle of November. This is supposed to be our wet season, not the cold season. Erf.

I'll be taking my transmitter cover for sure!


Peace!


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