Fiberglassing the Hull

I've finally gotten to the fiberglassing step for the hull.  Taken me a while to get here.  After the saturation coat had hardened, I laid out the fiberglass cloth over the hull, then cut it so about 2 inches extended over the left and right sheer.  I also had to make a few "special" cuts at the stern end of the boat so that I could layer it over and make it smooth.  The stern end is very steep so this was a necessary step.  Wasn't sure how that was going to work out, but in the end, it went fine. 

I then began coating the fiberglass cloth wit epoxy.  Here's a picture of how it looked after a couple hours of epoxying (half way done).

And here are a couple more pictures which show the fiberglass fully epoxied with the first coat (a couple more hours).

 

 

Once the epoxy hardened, I cut the excess fiberglass off that was hanging off the sides.

 

 

The next step of the process is to apply a fill coat of epoxy to the hull to further coat the fiberglass.  And then, after that, lay a strip of 2 inch wide fiberglass over the keel beam.  That's done immediately after the fill coat is applied so that it will adhere to the hull.  After that's done, go over this strip with more epoxy to fully saturate the fiberglass strip to the keel.  That's what you see below.

 

 

Have to say.  After the fiberglass was initially epoxied, and after the fill coat was applied, the hull was looking pretty good.  But after laying the strip of fiberglass over the keel and saturating it with epoxy, not so good.  Just looks sloppy now.  I can see a lot of sanding in the future.  Oh well.  I'll apply another fill coat to the hull tomorrow, and we'll see how it comes out in a few days.