Change of pace

Some folks have some difficulty with the bulb shape, and this kind of stuff comes easily to me, and I wanted to explore the possibility of using a beaver tail shape on the typical bulb design we've all been using. So it's the same weight, maintains the same curve of areas, and looks like this:

There's a step by step on the i550class.org forum if you want to make your own, and this plug is available to the class if you don't. I'll be adding the updated shapes to the "some useful files" link at the top right of this page.

I've also been working on the cockpit, getting it ready for glass.

This is going to be the companionway trim, a bunch of <1/16" strips of fir to be laminated. Even at this thickness, they'd break around that corner, so I soaked their middles in hot water for 10 minutes, and pressed them into the form. The pic shows them drying and "setting". I'm off to glue them up later this morning.

I've squeezed in a couple deck sanding sessions between all this, but I really need the cockpit glass done before I can finish the fairing and filler process, and get some primer on. Getting closer, though!