Cutting out the centerboard and floor stiffeners

The last couple days have seen little physical work done, as I have spent a ton of time figuring out the rigging.  I had to place an order for some more fiberglass cloth as I neglected to take into account that I needed to glass the interior of the centerboard case, so I decided to save on shipping on try and get everything else ordered as well.  Undoubtedly I have forgotten something and will need to place another order later.

The rigging plan for the boat is pretty sparse.  It calls for a mainsheet traveler running across the rear.  The location of this was determined by the sheeting angle on the sprit rig option, so it can be used boomless if one want.  The shorter lower spar on the lug as compared to the boom means that the rear traveler gets pulled forward into the area of the rear thwart, getting in the way of anyone trying to sit there.  I decided to move the traveler forward to the center thwart as I am not worried about sheeting angles because I will be using the lug rig.  If at some point in the future I want to change things around, it will be simple.

So here is what I have done:

Cut out the centerboard trunk sides and case logs.

Cut out and installed the floor stiffeners.

Note the cutouts in the end for drainage.

Epoxied into place and curing.

 I also ran a little experiment based on some stuff I had read.  By covering fiberglass with plastic sheet after it has been wet-out with epoxy, it holds the surface flat.  This eliminates the need additional coats to fill the weave and the subsequent sanding needed to get a flat surface.  As you can see, it came out pretty flat.