One doesn't tend to think of boatbuilding in terms of its qualities as a blood sport.
I don't, for example, recall hearing any stories about roman emperor Nero sitting in the coliseum, watching people build boats; laughing sadistically at their increasing backaches from all the crouching and sanding.
However, I drew blood in a very unexpected way while fairing this thing. I cut myself on a clump of dried epoxy; lay my finger open pretty good, too. I suppose that in the process of sanding the stuff at an angle, I had inadvertently sharpened it. Then, while sanding the other side, I passed my hand over it and it sliced right in to me. Ouch.
Odd.
Fortunately, I didn't have to be airlifted to safety in order to get a band aid. Honestly, I'm glad I can make light of the little incident. I've heard stories recently about fellow boatbuilders getting mauled by their power tools. Be careful, folks.
On to the pictures:
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| Epoxy mess at the chine-to-stem joint. |
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| Epoxy mess at the scarf joint forward of Frame #5-1/2. (This is what I cut myself on later.) |
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| Early progress on the fairing. |
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| Cleaning up the chine-to-stem joint. |
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| Joint at Frame #5-1/2. |
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| Joint at Frame #4. |
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| Joint at Frame #2. |
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| Chine-to-transom joint. |
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| Scarf joint just forward of Frame #5-1/2. |
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| Scarf joint a few inches aft of Frame #4. |
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| Scarf joint between Frame #2 and the transom. |
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| X marks the spot, I suppose? |
