{"id":779,"date":"2024-10-12T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T09:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/?p=779"},"modified":"2024-10-12T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T09:10:11","slug":"preparing-for-sheathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/preparing-for-sheathing\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for sheathing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here, I am finishing off the filling and fairing to provide a smooth finish for the layers of fibreglass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6321-768x1024.jpg?resize=750%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6321.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6321.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6321.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6321.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All done!  And it seemed a good time to fine sand the transom.  When finished, the fibreglass will lap over the edge onto the transom, but the transom will have a clear finish.  Below, the transom has been sanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328-1024x768.jpg?resize=750%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6328.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here, I have applied a coat of clear epoxy resin.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329-1024x768.jpg?resize=750%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_6329.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, I am finishing off the filling and fairing to provide a smooth finish for the layers of fibreglass. All done! And it seemed a good time to fine sand the transom. When finished, the fibreglass will lap over the edge onto the transom, but the transom will have a clear finish. Below, the transom&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/preparing-for-sheathing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Preparing for sheathing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hpwd.co.uk\/theslowboatbuilder\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}