This week was a hard one.  We had a fiberglass screw up early in the week.  We also lost our dear friend and fellow boat lover-builder, Campbell Massey.  We had hoped he would make it long enough to take a ride in our new boat, but the cancer won.  We will miss him!

Our fiberglass mess was something everyone should pay attention to.  When you use two different products that have different mixing ratios, pay attention!  One product is a 3/1 mixing ration, and the other is 1/1.  Using the 3/1 instead of 1/1 will cause the fiberglass to not cure, leaving a sticky mess.  So, what we had to do was scrape it off, lift the cloth off, scrape some more, then wash with lacquer thinner and then wash again with a green scrub pad and water.  After it dried, we recoated it all with the correct product ratio.  What a lesson!  It was successful, though and only took two days.
We cut the holes for the side opening hatches.  We found used ones on our last trip to the coast and they are going to really be nice.  We are waiting for special hinges for the large front hatch.  We can't fit it until we know how the hinges fit.
Richard is now working on the two seats in the pilot house and the two cupboards in the cabin.  In between designing and building, he gets some sanding done, as it is a never ending task.  All in all, though, the boat is coming along nicely.  We got the two part epoxy enamel paint this week.  We want to see how it goes on before we buy all we need, because it is pretty expensive and may be hard to work with.  This paint will go on the front deck, and the pilot house roof, and maybe other places if we find it fairly easy to use.  This is an off white color.