The Rob Roy as built by
Larry "Rehd" Brown, Fresno, Calif
12 Oct 04:
11-15-04:
Last night I scraped a few runs off the gunnals and both tips of the boat. I
sanded again with the wet/dry silicone carbide paper and smoothed out the
gunnals. Then I went over them with the polishing compound and then waxed them
as with the bottom of the boat.I also drilled holes in the breasthooks for the
Grab-Loop mounting screws. I over sized the holes and filled them with
thickened epoxy ( dookie-schmutz ) and then ran the brass screws down into
them. When that was done I took the webbed seats and retrimmed the ends and
applied the other part of the Velcro to those ends. ( approx. 2 hr 15 minutes
). Today I removed the screws and prepared the web-strap grab-loops. I
purchased 1" web-strap stock from the local hobby/sports store. I cut two
4" pieces of 3/8" fuel line, inserted and centered it inside the
approx. 8" long web-straps. I then burned the ends in order to seal them,
using a wooden match. A soldering iron would also work. When melted, I smash
the edges together to more or less glue them. I folded them over and ran a #10
x 1" brass screw, w/washer, through the fold and down into the breasthook
holes. After doing all 4 screws to check for fit. I took them out and mixed
some un-thickened epoxy, applied a few drops to each screw hole and again ran
the screws in. ( approx. 30 minutes ) It's Finished...!!!! :):):):):) These
pictures aren't very good as it was getting dark... and I will send much
better pics. as soon as I can get it out in the sun and/or on the water.. I
appreciate your patience on this and keeping up the web-pages with all the
articles. I will weigh the Rob-Roy when I can get some time in the daylight and
see how overly grossed it is.. :) I know it's going to be a tank, what with
all the glass, large fillets extra resin coats and Varathane.. But if all that
helps to make it stronger and keeps the kids safer... then it was worth it.
Thanks again Barry for a great design and a beautiful boat.I've learned a
lot about boats and fiberglass, which was why I picked the Rob-Roy in the
beginning. I know the Grandkids and I will get plenty of use out of it. Now to
clean the tools and work bench off and get ready for another boat.. :)
Larry 'Rehd' BrownFresno, Calif.