21st September

Today did not go according to plan.  Wizzed off to buy a can of spray PU foam - 6.10 euros.  Only used a little bit and cleaned the tube and nozzle with acetone for later use.

If there are any leaks / condensation in the aft compartment there are 4 places that water can settle so I filled them with spray foam to epoxy over later.  Then prepared glass and set up for doing fillets and glassing after lunch.  Got a call from a friend during lunch that needed urgent help on his boat in the marina so most of the afternoon was spent in the marina sorting the issue.

Late afternoon put a bunch of epoxy fillets in the aft section and glassed over foam to seal it.

On the transom I glassed 1000g/m2 over the bottom section of where the stabilizer boards will be bolted on.  Hopefully tomorrow afternoon I will pull the peelply off and clean it up and glass some pads on the area of the upper bolts for the stabilizers.  Got to go back to the marina tomorrow morning to check  my friends boat.  (He is in France on holiday at the moment).  One more epoxy session in the aft compartment and then can epoxy paint prime.  If anybody is wondering why there are black dots in my glass work there is a simple answer.  For complicated glass cutting (like in a corner) I make a paper template of the shape of glass that I need including overlaps  and place it on the fiberglass roll and put dots in the corners that need to be cut to.  That way I can get the most economical layout and also change the bias of the weave to get better strength.