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Measuring 2-1/2 inches from keel.
Rear mark for strake.
Strake in place at rear mark.
When cured, sand lightly with 150. Just make it
smooth. It’s ok if you sand through the resin on this
coat.
When done, blow the dust off and do the bottom.
When the bottom is cured, sand with 80.
Repeat the whole thing for the second coat, only
this time, after the second coat has cured, sand
with 220 wet.
Sand with a bucket of water, a dribbling hose or in
your bathtub.
Use one of those rubber sanding blocks.
Don’t worry about the hull, it’s waterproof now…
Sand the inside of the hull if you want.
Sand until all areas are smooth, but don’t sand
through to the wood. If you do, you have to re-coat
the area with resin, and re-sand.
Strakes
The Easy Vee features turning strakes on the bottom.
These help the smooth b
ottom “grip” the water when
the boat turns, minimizing slide.
These are necessary for the hull to turn, so don’t skip
this step.
The strakes come pre cut, but must be rounded on the
front.
When you get them, the strakes are identical. After we
sand and blend the front, they will be mirror images of
each other, so follow along carefully.
Lat out the strakes on your bench, as shown below.
With a pencil, mark them “R” and “L”.
Sand and blend the front of each, so that it blends into
the hull at the front.
With a pencil, make reference marks on the hull
bottom, to attach the strakes.
First, Mark 4-1/2 inches forward of the transom.