Boat Plans Stitch And Glue | Sanding delays running rigging

Boat Plans Stitch And Glue

Another 48 hours at home have come and gone, and my Goat Island Skiff languishes in the garage by itself.

Upon arrival at home I had big plans to drag the boat outside and give her a wash for amine blush and start the sanding process on the outside of the hull in preparation for finishing.  Heres my plan for the future:

-Wash the amine blush (if any) off the boat.  Amine blush is something that can occur during the curing of epoxy.  I use Marinepoxy from Duckworks, which does not usually blush.  Its not "non-blushing" epoxy, but its kind of "blush-resistant" if you will.  However, I have epoxied in about a million different temperature and humidity conditions, and seeing that paint wont stick to blush I might as well wash.  Its easy.  A pail of water, a scotch-brite pad, and scrub a dub-dub.
-Sand the boat down smooth
-Apply Quick Fair for fairing some ridges and bumps.  Quick Fair is an epoxy compound that will fill abnormalities and the extraneous Fair will sand away relatively easily.
-Sand again
-Primer, two coats or so.  Im planning on using Interluxs Pre-Kote which is a high-build primer to take care of smaller irregularities in the surface of the boat. 
-Sanding
-Paint.  More on paint later.

This is an ambitious list that will only be solved by time and hard work.  So when it rained and snowed both days I was home, I was pissed.  However, I cant change the weather!  So I spent some time tinkering with some other small items that needed to be done, primarily epoxy sealing the runners, some loose ply ends, the rudder cassette/box, and so on.  Not much, but stuff that needed to be done.

In bigger news, I received most of my running rigging from Duckworks!  This was a very exciting package, because it reminds me that Im coming to the end of my voyage here and its getting time to outfit the hull!  Yeah!

From top left, counter-clockwise:  Shock-cord for my rudder and daggerboard, three cleats for general purposes, the last cleat is for the halyard.  The fairlead for the halyard at the top of the mast, a clam cleat and another fairlead for the downhaul.  Next up, traveler blocks, two blocks for the boom, a small block for the spar and halyard, 1/4" low-stretch polyester rope for the traveler, mainsheet block yoke, sail tie-downs, and downhaul.  A nylon 3/8" mainsheet.  My super-low stretch dyneema line for the halyard is still on back-order and on its way.  Im still looking for a mainsheet main block.

Im super happy with the quality of the rigging.  Its all made in the USA, its made well, it will last forever, and it was cost effective.  Race-Lite and Sea Dog Line bring us freedom from the tyranny of West Marine and Harken.

Hello to those new readers sent here from Duckworks Extraordinary May Webwatch!  Welcome to my amateur madness!

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Pontoon Boat Plans | Interior Work

Pontoon Boat Plans

After much deliberation, I have decided to use varnish on the inside of my Goat Island Skiff (sorry Clint).

Originally I was going to use paint, primarily for the durability, and also what I figured would be less sanding.  However, after the exterior was painted I was acutely made aware that paint highlights every single defect.  Varnish doesnt as much as paint.  To make the paint look good, I would have to sand in strange and tight areas for long periods of time.  This is not something that interests me.  The lazy way out is to varnish so all the irregularities disappear into the grain.  Then, all I have to do is lightly sand the varnish a few times to provide tooth for the next coat.  I figure, 3 at a minimum for UV protection.  This means my white epoxy fillets which were going to be painted are now going to take on a yellowy color.  Im ok with this.

Not to mention that pretty much everybody who saw the boat pleaded with me to keep it wood.  As the Aubuchon guy said, "Not enough wood boats in the world, you might as well show it off."  My wifes excitement at keeping it bright sealed the deal.

And BOY if it doesnt look good!

The varnish I use is Interlux Schooner Gold 96.  It goes on easy, I dont thin it, and it tips off really nice with a foam brush.  In the interior I used a West System foam roller, its very thin and doesnt absorb lots of liquid.  I found this at Goose Bay Lumber.  The varnish went onto my sanded interior very easily.  It took a little over an hour to varnish the entire boat.  I then hit it with a little brush to make sure all the nooks and crannies got varnish too, primarily to protect the fillets and glue joints from UV exposure.  Its only the first coat so there are a few small holiday and some areas with more varnish than others but all in all, it looks great.  The best part is that you can only see the defects if you stare right into the glare, otherwise, it looks like a smooth surface!  Yes laziness!

Much time was also spent on a myriad of other small tasks that must get done for this boat to be ready.

I have rudder gudgeons coming from Australia, my hitch will be installed next week, and hopefully before you know it, Ill be sailing!  It cant come soon enough.

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