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Rudder post assembly and king planks

It's been a few days since I posted. Making slow but steady progress, and spending a lot of time documenting everything for the Star 45 Construction Manual I'm writing.

Since my last post I've clear coated the inside of the hull. Not happy about it at all! It's pretty sloppy and due to the fact that I used unthinned epoxy. If I do another boat I'll use thinned epoxy for sure. Just a teaspoon or so or lacquer thinner would have done it. It will be much better looking and will still be moisture resistant enough for how much water might ever get in there. Oh well... live and learn.

This week I finished the keel lamination and even put a layer of fiberglass on it. Then yesterday I ground down the lower end of it so that it will fit the keel bulb. Won't mount the keel to the bulb though until after I mount the keel to the boat. It will be much easier to align the holes and figure everything out without the heavy bulb. Then I'll remove the keel and permanently install the bulb to the keel and fair it out.

Worked today on a rudder post mount. Will install it later after I install the keel.


Then also installed the king planks. It's a lamination of three planks at the forward end, going down to two planks amidships and just one aft. Pretty easy glue up.

Three planks on the right, down to two and then one.

The bottom plank is cedar and is harder to see. The top two are fir.



Up next... the chain stay reinforcements and, gulp, mounting the keel! Yikes...


Happy Seas!

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