The Bad News: We Have To Cut This Bulkhead Out (MJ Sailing - Episode 377)
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We hope you're having a great second half of May!! It looks like we missed all of our April Showers here on Kent Island, and they were saved up for the past week. So...we didn't get as far as we wanted to in some projects, but here is what we have been able to do since you've seen us last.
With weather right in that sweet spot of not sweating in enclosed spaces, but warm enough to let resin cure, Matt has gone into the bow lockers to glass in a new bulkhead. As he'll explain in more detail, it was four inches off, which is only a big deal because it needs to be where the forebeam connects both bows, giving it extra strength.
The bow shown in the photo above had already been fully glassed in, and with the nose cones on, made it a much harder space for us to work in. Last month I went in with an oscillating tool and cut out the center, leaving a three in ring. Then, Matt came in with a new bulkhead and glassed that in just slightly aft. It's not completely finished yet, but since we've been able to fix this mistake, we can now admit we made it, lol.
On my work, I've been continuing to smooth out the cabin top so it will be ready for our AlexSeal topcoat paint soon. Having gone through with the power sander originally I thought everything looked good and I'd be flying through it, but a later check with a guide coat and blocks made me see there were a number of spots that need to be filled and blended in.
Hopefully the one round of fairing will be enough and then I can get started on the starboard side, but at least this is giving us a great idea of what to expect on the hull when we go to fair and get it ready for its colored exterior.
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