Holiday scarf, and other presents

Foredeck glued down. I used lots of screws, removed them the next day, and have filled the holes.

Finally decided to tarp the stern so I wouldn't have to wait for another drying cycle after yesterday's rains.

Now that the aft and foredeck are installed, I marked the mid-deck pieces for length, trimmed their ends, and cut the scarfs on both ends. They have two coats of epoxy on their bottom sides now, and are almost ready to install.

I bought some larger sleeve material which arrived, so why not finish building the tiller? Seen here is the shaped foam core, and then onto that I'll add a strip of 4" x 9oz. uni on each side folded in half so it acts like 2 layers, then a shorter pair of uni strips about 24" long at the rudder end, then the sleeves: a doubler for the last foot near the handle, two tapered layers near the rudder, and one full length layer over everything.

The tiller all laid up. I lopped off the fiber ends this morning and tossed it on a scale- 22oz. and strong enough to take my weight in the middle. Cool. I continue to be amazed as I learn new tricks, how easy it is to make really neat and cool stuff nowadays.