Tuesday, October 3, 2017

1980 AMF Sunfish Viper 03 Oct 17 Gudgeon and Backer Blocks

03 Oct 17:

The work dolly has worked out great. The bunks articulate to support the boat in a lot of different orientations!


Flushed out a pound of dirt.


Checked out the gudgeon backer plate, it is threaded for #8-32 screws and fiberglassed into the hull.





Upgraded the dolly wheels to solid rubber, 6 inch swivels. We can roll the dolly with ease from the carriage house to the backyard Sunfish Shack now.


Replaced the bow handle backer block with cypress. Sealed it with TotalBoat High Performance epoxy and bedded it in THIXO. Rpelaced the halyard block backer and cleat backer as well.


Built up the bow flange with one layer of woven roving then 3 layers of 4 oz cloth, saturated with epoxy.


Epoxy backer patch for the hull, 6 oz fiberglass cloth held in place by a piece of cardboard tied snug with strings.


Log of Viper.

No comments:

Post a Comment