1st Strip Finished

With the glue fully cured I removed the staples ( the milk bottle strips worked with no staple impressions and made easy work of removing staples). Using a block plane to bring the strip to near flush with adjacent strips and the finished of with the sander following with a hand sand.

Almost as good as original.

On with the next area, 3 strips in a row this time. Used a router this time as the strips didn't come out as easy as 1st. Stapled a strip to hull to act as a guide and to trim out exactly to edge of good board.

This area has had a repair done before..... a big block of bog covering up a hole! Looks like the deck is definitely going to be removed. Will sheath over this hole and repair inside with a layer of fibreglass when remove decks and cockpit floor. The project is getting bigger but at least this will allow me to fully seal inside of hull with epoxy. Will probably strengthen up the area round the centre board where it looks like a lot of damage has occurred  when righting the boat. Hybrid cloth to inside of hull should sort this.

 

 

All routered out! strips selected (dark/light/dark), ready to be fitted.

Strips dry fitted and ready to glue