Han Learns to Build a Boat – Jim Michalak's Mayfly 14

…. and with no prior knowledge/experience in woodworking, boat building and sailing

Decks and coamings completed.

Over the last few days, I finish the decks and coamings. Decks were first cut to rough size and then a router was used to get to the final size. The … Continue reading

March 15, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hull – Joints glass taped.

Over the last three days, mostly after the kids went bed, I worked on glass taping the joints. The whole process took about eight hours,  3X vs. what I expected. … Continue reading

March 8, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hull flipped right side up, excess epoxy cleaned up and hull alignment checked

Today, I flipped the boat right side up. It’s been about 2 moths since I saw the boat this direction. Again, two young daughters won’t help much here so I … Continue reading

March 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

Bottom – fairing and two epoxy fill coats; didn’t go very well.

Last week, I faired bottom, especially where the 3 in glass tapes were added and applied two layers of epoxy fill coats.   Two epoxy fill coats were added over 4 … Continue reading

March 2, 2015 · 2 Comments