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Keel fairing and rudder laminating

Sanded the bottom of the bulb this morning and rough sanded the rest of the bulb. Painted on a nice thickened coat of epoxy on the bottom just now and will fair it a bit when it dries. Looking good so far.

Started to make the rudder too. Laminated the inner 5 layers with some slightly thickened epoxy. These are the ones with the slot for the rudder post in them. When dry I will epoxy in the 1/8" stainless steel rod for the rudder post. I'll bend it to fit the slot.

Then I'll laminate on the last four outer panels. 

That's it for now. It snowed! So I'm going to go have hot chocolate and play.


Happy snow day!


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