Blood, epoxy and hole saw

Massive 140mm hole saw - my new toy for cutting openings for installation of inspection hatches. Rickard at SeaSea fixed immediate delivery of remaining two pieces so I was good to drill these holes.

I went under the boat - to start the cut on the visible face, to avoid burrs. Running at low speed.

Tight space and cutting above the head prove to be a bad idea - the saw jumped and I cut my nose in half.

Lots of blood and sweating from a shock. I cleaned and dressed the wound and it finally stopped bleeding in the evening.

Back in the shed I finished drilling. This time from above.

Dry-fitting hatch frames - perfect fit, 1,5mm loose so there is space for epoxy and Sika.

Inside tanks these hatches are almost flush with the surface so it will be easy to clean SIka squeeze-out during installation.

They will be glued with Sika and screwed in place. This will make it watertight installation and give me possibility to replace them if they break or if I found/manufacture something from brass or wood in the future.

Still dizzy due to the wound I decided not to start with next plank yet but instead coat the inside of flotation tanks with epoxy. The next strake will almost completely close them so the time was now.

The temperature dropped below 9 degrees so I started kerosene heater in the boatshed, both for comfort and to provide adequate temperature for epoxy.
Good things these heaters - you hear me Albert?

All surfaces saturated with epoxy. If I remember right this will be the fourth coat so total encapsulation according to WEST system.