Lady J, week six, seams, seams and more seams....

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May 5, 2006
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Knutson K-35 Yawl Bellingham
Another week gone by, mainly on finishing the seams, well, almost. We ran out of seam compound when UPS didn't deliver like they said they tried to do. Wee were there all day and no UPS delivery attempts were made. Regardless, the seams below the waterline are done and about 5 hours worth of work will finish the rest when our materials finally show up.

Here's a shot of the bow.



Port seams



Starboard seams



Finished lower seams



Finished upper seams



I will surely be happy when these seams are completely done. It's been a chore beyond compare. There's paint in the bilges but it's not ready for prime-time yet so those shots will have to wait till next weeks update.

One thing we found is absolutely not a single valve on any of the thru hulls. Just hoses. We'll be changing that....
 

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
If this only needs doing every 25-30 years then owning a wooden boat is not too bad a deal. But if it was like bottom paint I would take up farming.
 
May 5, 2006
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Knutson K-35 Yawl Bellingham
This is the second time it's been done on her in fifty years so I reckon one could live with the process. If this had to happen more often than that, I wouldn't want a wooden boat either.
 
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