Well, I officially started today, went to the barge lines and picked up my kit from West Coast Boat Works. Unloaded in my workshop. I was very impressed on how everything was packed, cut out and labeled. Chuck and his crew did a great job, and sure will make my job easier. Ms Jones and I put some sheeting on my building jig and I started on the transom. I glued the wings on the sides of the transom, the CNC stepped scarf joints fit perfectly. I also glued the 1/2 inch piece of White oak on the top of the upper doubler. I predrilled it and held it in place with Raptor fiberglass nails, My hope is to use them to hold things together as the epoxy sets up,?does anyone see a problem using this instead of screws which need to be removes, leaving a hole?.
Plan tomorrow is to glue Both of the LVL transom doublers to the transom, then cover with a piece of 10 oz biaxial cloth, then put the 3/4 inch upper transom doublers on and cover the whole enchilada with a piece of 10 oz regular weave cloth-sound copasetic ?
I also plan on gluing the scarfs for two 16 foot side blanks and covering the inside with 6 oz fiberglass cloth. My hope is to do as much pre assembly as possible as my shop will get quite small once the boat is together. Still need to figure out how to get it out of my 9 foot wide, 8 foot high door once I am ready to move it out of the shop.
Thank you in advance for any advice. Big thanks to Brian for designing the boat and keeping us all on track. Also a big thanks for Chuck to cut out and ship the kit to me There help is invaluable. I appreciate all the time and energy they put into making it possible for people like me to do something like this-Thank you both.
