Filleting Sanding and Glassing the Cockpit.

 

Fillets for the cockpit seats and cockpit floor are laid. Be prepared for quite a few hours work here. 

After sanding the first layer of fillets I found a second layer was required for any low sections and imperfections. (The usual fillet process).

I started glassing the forward face of the transom. For additional strength I previously glassed over the transom skirt filet with 100mm wide fiberglass tape.

I made a paper template prior to cutting out the glass cloth.

The area is taped up and the glass cloth epoxied in place.

Port side glass cloth next......

One 2.4m x 1m length of glass cloth covered from below the gunnel seam up over and down to the cockpit floor. Overlapping the filet.

Starboard side smoothed in place.

Glass is smoothed in place on the port side of the aft cabin BH.

Peel ply applied to the wetted-out glass.