I think we may have been a little trigger happy. After a quick long boarding of the plywood, the hull was sheaved in chopped strand matt to give a working surface for filling and final fairing. We used Resamax epoxy resin, supplied with generous support from CRC Marine Industries. As with the deck moulds, the hull surface was faired using an almost never ending process of long board sanding, filling and more long boarding. The final fairing coats consisted of a high build Duratec sanding primer.
Strangely visitors are always scarce during the sanding phases.
After final sanding the mould was polished and a mould release wax was applied. A final coating of a special liquid mould release from Adhesive Technologies was then applied. At this stage the mould is ready to be used, the next article will follow the vacuum bagging of the hull shell and foredeck. Across the ditch, our Australian cousins are also building new hulls. This is all shaping up for a very impressive South Pacific Championship.