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14 ft Rapid Robert · new build

Launched

The Black & Tan

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Fairing & Sanding Link

More Brain cells lost

Who's counting anyway? Fairing, wasn't so fair to us. Anyhow, as you can see, Mack has installed the gunnels and secured them with epoxy and some nice brass hardware! The boat was shipped to the shop where Mack works, couldn't have asked for a better place to work on our boat, especially in this terrible but much needed rainstorm. Thanks to the guys at ESI once again, for lending us the space and the truck. Today we did some light touches to the interior, the we faired the exterior hull using west system and 407/410 filler. The hull was wetted out with epoxy, then faired with the compound. Tomorrow we will sand it level and add a final coat of epoxy before painting, which is when things should really get interesting! here are some pics and vids from today......

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Fairing & Sanding Link

Who's the Bross

Bross is turning out to be a great helper. Today we sanded, then we sanded, after that we sanded. then we got to woodwork with the Sapelle, some nice crossbeams for the bow and stern.

1 14 ft Rapid Robert: Who's the Bross
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