latest progress

This last week i glassed up the bulkheads and the inside of a side panel
Progress!

Also, we cut the bow post

Next up, sheath the other side panel inside, transom, and then we will have the hull shaped!

Life has been busy! 

Shelley and I tied the knot in  Moab on Oct 24th.

Latest work on Rio Xingu

Sides cut, Bulkheads cut, Transom about to be cut

                                       Rick picked up a nice piece of Ash for the Bow Post

sides are scarfed and glued, next up trace, cut, glass!

Scarfing Sides

Today Rick and I made our scarf cuts for the side panels and started gluein' up!

Now, letting them cure over night (they are clamped)

A little background to the name, Xingu.


http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/belo-monte-dam



http://amazonwatch.org/news/2012/0901-xingu-rising

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/16/belo-monte-brazil-tribes-living-in-shadow-megadam

Rick and I got the work tables built today. These give us 16ft ((2) 8 ft) of flat, elevated space to work on. Also, Provides a base to fasten boat to if we need to muscle some things around. Now just waiting on the hydrotek wood to arrive and we can begin!

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