Jewellery
Last step before turning the hull over. Installing brass protection strips.
Last night I formed them to match hull curvature and drilled all mounting holes.
I chose to make two parallel stripes on fore part of keel. The aim is to have a bit broader area for the boat to stand on its keel, especially when transported on trailer. I’ll see if that really makes any difference.
Brass is attached with bronze screws, all bedded in Sika.
Beautiful mess!
It took a bit of white spirit to clean the excess Sika. I could have used masking tape but I felt too lazy tonight.
All this brass will oxidize rather quickly and will be painted over during coming maintenance but for now I enjoy the bare metal style.
Nice and clean.
Tomorrow I’ll start building the jig to rotate the hull.