Posts made by David S

• Rowcruiser Assembly

  I had some spare carbon fiber cloth, so I fancied up the large hatch cover to go along with the sliding carbon fiber seat. I plan to use one inch wide NRS straps to hold all of the hatches down. sea.

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  David S
  11/1/24, 11:34 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Getting ready for topside paint.

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  David S
  10/11/24, 2:02 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  The final coat has been applied to the bottom. I will wait a few days and start on the topside finish.

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  David S
  9/23/24, 8:26 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  First coat of color on the bottom. I think two coats will be sufficient and then a flip for topside finish.

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  David S
  9/21/24, 10:27 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Spruce mounting blocks. These need to be epoxied to the hull along with the foot brace.

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  David S
  9/9/24, 8:24 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  First coat of TotalBoat wet edge primer applied to the hull. There looks to be minimal fairing remaining at this point. I will add another coat of primer followed by wet edge aqua mist paint after ...

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  David S
  9/8/24, 8:47 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Wrapping up wet sanding in preparation for primer and paint. A few items left to epoxy to the hull and drilling and filling holes for hardware. Fun boat to put together. 

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  David S
  9/1/24, 7:32 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Applied a large fillet to the hatch opening and fiberglassed the lid. 

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  David S
  6/4/24, 11:36 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Cut open the front deck for the hatch opening and preparing all of the parts for glue-up.

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  David S
  5/30/24, 6:22 PM
• Priming the hull with epoxy before applying the fiberglass.

  That is a good question, but the answer as usual is, depends on what you are doing. I prime with epoxy prior to applying glass tape because it is easy to move around and straighten up. I almost nev...

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  David S
  5/19/24, 8:54 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Finished glassing the decks. Access holes will be cut out next.

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  David S
  5/11/24, 2:19 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  The front deck is on ( 6mm plywood) and the hold down screws removed and holes filled in. I will apply 6 oz. glass cloth next to the decks.

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  David S
  5/7/24, 11:04 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Thank you Josh. The air chambers are assembled and the rear deck is on. Moving on to the front deck next.

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  David S
  4/26/24, 6:10 PM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Working on finishing all of the interior fillets prior to installing the decks. These are the air chamber compartment fillets.

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  David S
  4/13/24, 1:58 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

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  David S
  4/6/24, 12:23 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Cut access holes in the flotation chambers and fitting the chamber tops. Getting close to installing decks.

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  David S
  4/6/24, 12:22 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Fitting components for air chambers. 

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  David S
  3/29/24, 2:45 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Transom glass applied.

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  David S
  3/20/24, 2:58 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

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  David S
  3/16/24, 2:36 AM
• Rowcruiser Assembly

  Applied the two layers of fiberglass to the exterior hull. I am looking forward to working on the interior components and decking next.

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  David S
  3/16/24, 2:15 AM