Before assembling deck and hull

Hi,

I am building a Shearwater Double. I have finished glassing the interior of hull and deck. The manual now calls for assembling them. However, I am wondering whether I should first do the following while I still have easy access:

- Sand cockpit areas to final state
Install mounts for the footbraces
- Drill holes for the rudder cables
- Varnish cockpits

Thank you for any suggestions or advice.

Bengt-Olaf.


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RE: Before assembling deck and hull

   I can't think of much down side to do what you propose.

RE: Before assembling deck and hull

your proposal works.  a lot of the things you mention are very straight-forward and easy before the deck is attached.

that said, do make sure to protect your work inside the cock-pit from stray epoxy spills that sometime occurs during the deck assembly process.

RE: Before assembling deck and hull

Thanks for the reassuring comments!

As for the epoxy spills etc., I was planning to initially tape off about 1/2 inch along the hull's top edge to leave unvarnished epoxy for the fillets connecting hull and deck. And obviously, I will put in plastic foil to protect the hull before attaching the deck and coaming.

Bengt-Olaf.

RE: Before assembling deck and hull

   All of those tasks are easier with the deck removed. My only two cautions would be to try to have the deck back on within about a week, so that the epoxy doesn't harden too much, and make sure you don't varnish over your later epoxy joints.

Good luck

JRC

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