The Rob Roy as built by
Larry "Rehd" Brown, Fresno, Calif
2 Oct 04:
Pulled the clamps off this evening and hung them back up. Won't be needing
them till next time... I sanded the gunnals and rounded off corners a little.
Sanded the bow and Stern Breasthooks ( you tell me which is which.. ) I also
sanded the glass patches on the center seat and recoated them with a fill coat.
At Barry's suggestion I cut and glued some little plywood blocks where my
web-seat supports go. This will spread out the pressure on the hull area where
the supports will rest. I set the seats in place to help hold them until the
epoxy cures. I will then fillet around them and sand them smooth. I will also
have to shave those ends down a little so the Velcro strips will fit between
them and the blocks. ( approx. 2 hrs )
4 Oct 04:
This afternoon I scraped and sanded some small drips/runs of filler from the
pieces of plywood I attached for seat supports for the webbed seats. Then I
mixed up some thick filler ( D.S. ) and built up a fillet around them. When
that was done I thickened up the filler a little more and started filling all
the screw holes in the outer gunnals. I also filled all the gaps in the
breasthook/gunnal joints. Wanted to do it with pine, but I couldn't find
anything even close to the same color.. So, I just mixed up some light colored
D.S. and used that. Before I quit, I decided to add the anti-skid surface to
the inside-bottom of the canoe. I mixed 4 1/2 oz of epoxy and added 5 tsp. of
Skid-Tex ( fine sand ) and applied it with a squeegie and worked it all around
the taped area to get a good cover and no runs. Worked great..! ( approx 2 3/4
hours )
6 Oct 04:
Worked late, but had time to sand the filler off the Breasthooks, gunnels and
web-seat supports. ( approx. 45min. )
8 Oct 04:
On Friday I went out and applied some glass scraps ( 6oz. ) to the top of the
breasthooks, ran epoxy down the gunnals and recoated the web-seat supports with
resin to seal then off better. I didn't have any brushes so I just used my
gloved fingers. It worked well.( approx. 1 hr 15 min. )