Good Friday was a typical wet Easter day in Sydney but ideal for a church service and visit to children and grandchildren. Saturday was little better but under the inverted hull I found some useful tasks to finish while waiting for children and grandchildren to visit for the weekend.
After a few practice sessions the filleting of the frames to the hull is progressing well and best done in accordance with the Gougeon Brothers instructions. It would be faster if I had a disposable cartridge to place with a gun but I am managing without although it means cleaning up a bit more filler after smoothing it into the corners with a Magnum paddle pop stick.
I am also practicing fairing the transitions between fibreglass reinforced corners and plain plywood by fairing the join with thickened epoxy. In between tasks I have done a little more routering of stringers and sanding of plywood ready for the next coat of paint in the quarter berth.
Easter Sunday would have been a great day for boat building but church, family and friends took priority. The presence of the family was a great excuse to pull back the tarpaulins to show the progress since their last visit and later in the day to sneak out to the boat and take out a hundred temporary screws ready for filling and fairing.
While the covers were off I took a photo showing the results of just one day of filling and light fairing on the front of the starboard side.
Our Didi 40 Cr after just a day of hole filling and light fairing is already starting to look good.