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Caring for a garage floor is a waste of time, hit the dried big epoxy globs with a belt sander and then roll on a fresh coat of floor paint before the “for sale sign” goes up.
Matt B

Hmm, I see your concerns. Good news, not much is a fatal error in boat building. Trying to fair the stem/chine junction would be difficult as it is now. What if you released the chines at the stem and trimmed them Shorter so they will mate to the stem farther back? It will be a bugger to re-fasten t...

I kinda lost control of the flip the last few feet, the bottom paint will need some touch up.

https://youtu.be/9NcBPmEQFas

Matt B

Matt,
You've been asking about my paint finish work, in the picture of the bottom you can see how a gave up on an automotive quality finish about 1/3 of the way back. Too much work that no one will ever see. Probably slow me down a 1/2 a knot too.
Matt B

Solo flip, she’s over. The engine hoist did most of the heavy lifting at first then the winch on the ceiling took over and moved the boat to full vertical.l and eased her down the other side. Lessons learned: don’t use the building frame to hoist. It created too much weight on the other side of cent...

Air it out and yell “Geronimoooo” as the engine revs with prop out of the water. You’re not going to hurt that beast of a boat. I think it says in the Glen L description the hull is designed specifically for bashing waves and getting some air.
Matt B

Mental note in the shipwrights log: Tape and trim the edge of each layer of glass on the bottom for a sharp edge, same as I did on the sides, and don’t overlap the glass on the keel so far. It looks better with the seams tight to the keel. 4” max. The body work prep and primer covered the seam but i...

Very nice flip sir, looks like 10 sets of hands handles the load easily. I’ll be attempting the flip this week solo.
Matt B

Neel, I don’t think She’ll be ready for 2019, I’m taking my time on this build because I don’t have the space for the next build yet (Nor’wester). Built the right side up cradle, probably add 2 more wheels in the middle. The flip technique is a chain hoist on the ceiling and some framing a few inche...

Very nice looking hull,
Matt B

Matt,
Yes, I sprayed the Malahini.

First color coat. Bronze color is kinda cool.
Matt B

Primer complete, bronze color coat next.
Matt B

Oscillating saw is very handy for sure on all the knotches in the frames. My numero uno tool I can’t live without is a light weight belt sander with course 36 grit paper (Diablo is the best). Everything I need is right in front of me, the boat, the material and the tool to shape it. I would spend th...

Looks sharp and I’m glad to see both our waterlines are layed out in the same place.
Thanks for the picture of your right side up cradle over on my Barrelback thread.
Matt B