: Glad to hear you like the Cirrus David,
: Your boat looks very sleek. Nice design and great craftsmanship. My Cirrus
: won't hit the water until Spring, but seeing pictures of what you've
: created, makes me want to shut this machine down and head for my workshop.
: Thanks for sharing the photos for inspiration. Any tips/tricks/troubled
: areas you care to share? What boat will you build next?

Thanks. I used some real nice wood, but luan, turned out heavy. Knowing what I know now, would go with 4mm on hull and 3mm on deck (or 1/8" doorskins).

The tape joint on outside gave me lots of trouble. I used 3" tape 6 oz. I masked both sides of the existing ridge from the previously masked deck and hull glassing. Should have sanded the ridge down some, so the tape would not have to make an abrupt bend up at that ridge, caused lots of air voids and several patches required. I tried putting on some more fresh epoxy when I noticed early that I had air bubbles trapped under, caused a kick and some huge trapped air pockets that had to be cut out.

Also had trouble keeping the 2" inside tape on line while unrolling with my stick and brush attached. Would try the hot glue (spot every 6") the tape in place to the hull on the next one before joining the deck.

Tips, hmmm. I am very pleased with my first attempt at Vaclav's CF combing and it works great for holding and releasing the spray skirt. You could make a recess, I didn't but will add some thigh braces. I used the largest cocpit template.

Forget who mentioned it, but I saw a picture on this site, lift attachments out of dowels. That is, drill the bow/stern oversize for a large wood dowel. Drill the dowel and epoxy/putty in the oversize hole. That worked great too! I did not have much goop wasted in that install.

Watch the big fillets in the bow and stern, can add up to lots of weight quick. I mixed what I thought was peanut butter putty but it ran over time to the bottom. If you get much extra weight in the bow it will make the Center of Gravity way forward, mine is about 4" forward.

If you varnish with perfection varnish, use syringes to measure resin and hardner, one for each. I used the hardner syringe to measure the 2333N solvent.
60cc resin, 20cc hardner, and 15cc solvent for the deck a little more for hull.

Jean will get the next boat, "Storm SLT".