Star 45 RC Sailboat Build Blog

Hi, I'm back! Well the holidays are over and hopefully I can spend some time getting the new Star 47.5 RC Sailboat closer to it's maiden voyage. (UPDATE: It is now called the Salish 475 as of 10 May, 2015! Click the link to see the completed boat!) Yesterday I installed the transom. Today, after seeing it, I have to admit that it may be the sloppiest bit of work I've ever done!!! God... But that's what you get when you're pretty much just feeling your way along instead of following a set of plans or directions. If I were to do it again I'd make some changes. I started by cutting two oversized pieces of 1/16 ply that would cover the transom. The idea is to laminate them together to form a transom that will still be thin but plenty strong and will hold it's shape, especially after I cut out much of it later on. So I mixed up some thickened epoxy and gooped plenty on both sides so that there was no doubt that the two laminations would meet and join