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Fin matched to bottom of hull... it worked!

In my last post I had just tried an experiment and used thickened epoxy to perfectly match the top of the fin to the bottom of the hull. Today I removed the hull from the fin and it worked perfectly! Yay!

You can't see any light at all between the fin and the hull for the entire run. Why didn't I think of this on my last boat?! I think I'll add it to the Star 45 Construction Manual. 

The hull only took a slight tap from underneath and it popped right off leaving a very smooth, perfectly curved top of the fin that matched the hull curve. A small bit of cleaning up and sanding around the edges, plus a tiny rub of sandpaper over the top to rough up the epoxy so paint will stick, and voila!




Should I try the same trick with the rudder? I'm thinking not but right now I have a fairly large gap between the top of the rudder and the hull. Hmmm...???

Otherwise it's now simply a waiting game until warmer and drier weather so I can paint. Later this week looks good. We'll see!


Fair seas!  _/)


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