Sanding Sanding Sanding

It took about 3 hours to sand the drips, and runs on the skiff to a surface that is almost fair.  I found a couple of spots where the glass had bubbled up and not adhered to the hull .  These places have been faired with WEST System fairing putty and will be sanded down tomorrow.  No photos as this is just grunt work.  Pretty boring and my least favorite part of boatbuilding. 

For the skeg, I am laminating up a 3/4 X 3 1/2  piece from 1/2" marine ply with a lamination of leftover Okoume.  All the other stuff in the garage is the wrong dimension or warped.  Skeg needs to be straight.  pretty easy to clamp along the top of a sawhorse, will use release film so it doesnt stick.  This should work.   

If there is a moral here, it would be to apply thin coats of epoxy and dont get greedy.  It is going to take 3 coats no matter what.  If you put too much on, it will just run and need to be cleaned up. 

Hope to get the third coat on tomorrow.  Looking like this really will be a first class finish.  I am looking at painting with the Ben Moore oil base if I can find it.  High gloss. 

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