Turkey days and wood shavings
Slow blog updates! But it is the start of the holidays so that is to be expected. But the boat is still on track. Over thanksgiving I went out and visited family taking my first mate along and we had a grand time tramping around the south west United States. Once I got back I glued up my centerboard and filled the pivot and rope attachment point with epoxy. Very simple. Next I turned my attention to the final details of the keel. I made sure the bottom was nice and flat all the way across with my trusty plane and sander. I had to adjust the pivot hole in the keel as I messed up the alignment a bit. I also had to dig out a 1/2 inch of wood from the vertical support in the aft section of the keel. I thought no big deal go buy a chisel and a couple bangs later I would be done. HA! I got about 3 wacks in and tore a chunk out of the support. At the time I thought I made a massive error and felt like a fool. But after looking at the triangle shape of busted wood I got some thickened epox