Total work time to date: 681 hours
Diary on the construction of a Seaclipper 20, a plywood trimaran designed by Jim Brown and John Marples. Our boat's Sail No. is 50. The boat has been named GEODETICA and was launched on september 28th, 2024.
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Washing the hulls
Since we had given the hull additional coats of clear resin to fill the fibergass weave, we had to wash them again to remove the amine blush in preparation for the final sanding and painting. That's how we spent three hours this saturday...
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Deck seat painting
The last six days went in successive application of 3 coats for each side of the two deck seats. Here's the beginning
We then discovered that we do have a problem with this paint. While the finish looks pleasant and durable, the paint softens if soaked in water for several hours. So we have decided that we will use this paint only for the top sides, and accepted the idea of using toxic paints (most probably one part polyurethanic enamel) for the hulls and the appendages.
Total work time to date: 678 hours
We then discovered that we do have a problem with this paint. While the finish looks pleasant and durable, the paint softens if soaked in water for several hours. So we have decided that we will use this paint only for the top sides, and accepted the idea of using toxic paints (most probably one part polyurethanic enamel) for the hulls and the appendages.
Total work time to date: 678 hours
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