Another sprit done, back to i550'ing soon.

Bow "splash" (background), rough shaped foam male mold, and carefully shaped wood tip plug.

Aaaargh!

First 4 layers of carbon in the vacuum bag, but just a little too much pressure for the glassed foam mold. I had to rip it off, tried to save the mold, but it didn't happen. So here's mold #2 made in record time (the 2nd ones always go faster than the first...), and honestly not nearly as fair as the first, but good enough.

Over the last 4 days I've worked almost nonstop on getting the two structural laminations done, a night post curing at 115 degrees, three rounds of fairing and filler (good torture board warmup, for when I eventually get to that step with the i550), cut the ends and slots, add the outside "beauty layer" of 2x2 twill, then ease and round all the edges. Seen here at 0600 after sanding and detailing since 0400, just before hitting the road to deliver it to the painter. The boat's program manager was there and was really stoked at how it turned out. We're planning to glue it to the boat tomorrow, if we get a break in the rain.

After the frenzy of the last few days, I have carbon dust, carbon scraps, carbon fibers stuck to the floor, and tools spread all over my shop- it's a disaster area right now. A day of cleanup and recovery is in order, then back to some i550 messes, I hope.

Edit to add pic of prod painted and glued to boat:

Best one-day paint job I've ever seen! Maybe it was that super fair shape he had to work with though, heh.

Other side:

Hmm, I can see the lump caused by the exit slot reinforcements. No, no more putty and weight and fairing needed, thanks!