Cutting of fiberglass strips and, some gluing.......and lots of sanding

We started the day by cutting our 200g/m2 fiberglass into strips of 4 inches to be used to glue the edges of our panels together. It was quite a simple process but some good techniques were required in order not to transform the process into a horrible mess.

Tools used to cut the fiberglass

The mighty "maggi" cardboard used to mark off 4.5 inch graduations on fiberglass

Dressmaker's scissors

first strip almost ready

Each strip of 4.5 inch wide

cutting in progress

copybooks weighing down fiber to start the cut......

.....then moved to hold the fiber in place as cut progresses

cutting with the special scissors

Advanced piece of technology used to wrap the fiber to keep it without fatal kinks

parallel cutting of numerous strips

At the same time. sanding work was still going no outside the house.

The expert sander at work

Almost done

Note protective gear agains fine dust

Makita Sander

In the afternoon, we had a first test of gluing a strip to one side of the boat.

Today we also received out wood for the mast and reinforcements from Chantier Chiu Yuan. We got a bagful of fine wood flour from their huge wood cutting machine. When added to epoxy this wood flour provides a great material to glue with.