Elbow deep in epoxy

There's certainly an acquired taste for working with epoxy and fiberglass. Or is it the smell? Progress nonetheless.

Glue

The glue stage of the 'Stitch and Glue' construction begins with creating a mixture of epoxy and wood flour. The 'glue' is used to create fillets in the joints of the stitched plywood. Next you add fiberglass tape to the seams and apply unthickened epoxy to wet out the fiberglass.

Glass prep

Measuring out and pre-cutting all the glass tape for all the stitched seams.

Hanging Knees

The hanging knees are stitched into the hull for added strength. You can see the temporary stick in place to ensure the beam is the correct length of 33". Also notice all the packing tape to allow clean gluing of the seams.