We are back in the boat shed with Maya and Aladino from Sailing Magic Carpet this week as they continue a huge refit on their Cape George 36 with dreams to sail her around the world. This week, they are framing the cockpit and fiberglassing the partitions with our High Performance Epoxy!
They have hit some major milestones recently with the decks being closed, the interior layout being sketched out, some fresh paint on the interior and the start of the cockpit build. Todays video of the week shows them fiberglassing the bulkheads and outside of the cockpit well.
They start by measuring out the fiberglass cloth and cutting it to shape with the bulkhead templates. Maya mixes our High Performance Epoxy into plastic mixing cups. While she has not always been comfortable with fiberglass and epoxy, she has honed in on this new skill and has developed a better understanding of it so she can work independently while Aladino checks off other boxes on their to-do list. Even her enjoyment of the refit has increased significantly now that she is more comfortable with it. Maya wets out the layers of cloth on the bulkheads by spreading and the epoxy with a chip brush and plastic spreader. She repeats the process until they are finished.
Now that the partitions are fiberglassed, they apply more glass to the outside of the cockpit well. The goal is to have every piece of structural wood on the boat either coated with epoxy or fiberglassed with epoxy for waterproofing stability and strength. This will ensure there will be no weak points to worry about when they are out crossing the pacific ocean!
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