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Support dowel on left side, for right handed
launching.
Spacer glued between engine rails maintains 5
inch spacing for engine mounts
Sealing interior with epoxy finishing resin.
Grab the ½ inch dowel deck support and two deck
support doublers.
Put the dowel in the holes in bulkheads 3 and 4 as
shown. This will be on the left side, as you were
sitting in the boat.
Center the dowel between the bulkheads, and glue
the doublers to the bulkheads with CA. Do not glue
in the dowel yet, just use it to center the doublers.
The doublers should be installed on the front of
bulkhead 3, and the rear of bulkhead 4.
Remove the dowel.
Go ahead and cut out the inside of bulkhead 4 at
this time.
Sealing Interior
Now we need to seal the inside. It is vital that all
exposed wood be sealed.
We will also glass the rear keel area.
Mix up about 2 ounces of epoxy finishing resin. You
can thin the resin with about 10% acetone, so that it
brushes easily. Go easy on the acetone, as it will
soften the epoxy glue joints if you use too much.
It’s pretty funny to get the inside sealed, and see
the side pop off the boat because you thinned the
sealer too much…Don’t ask!
Start from the front.
Using a brush, coat all areas of wood inside the
hull. Get inside the holes.
Try not to get too much resin on the top edges of
the bulkheads and stringers, as it will make it more
difficult to sand later. Be sure to get the bottom
edges of the spines.
Also coat the deck support dowel with finishing
resin. Do the ends and all around.
Set the dowel on a piece of waxed paper to cure.