Tuesday 9 November 2010

Bulwarks

These were actually easier to fit than the instructions implied. I just did as Robbe suggested and it worked. Two issues.

The dimensions given for the scuppers seem to set them too low relative to the deck. I raised them about 1mm.

The guwale plastic profile does not match the shape of the hull. Although they fit snugly along their lower edge, there is an unsightly gap between the edge of the deck and the inner edge of the gunwales. This is impossible (for me anyway) to fill as it would inevitably muck up the edge of the planked deck. I read somewhere that someone else used silicone mastic, which seems a good idea to me but not until the painting is 100% complete.

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