Building of a Black Pearl - page 3

November 2010
The hull is finalised and the forms are cut from the building jig and re-inserted.
November 2010
Stripping og the front deck is ongoing. I have sorted the strips by the colours and layed them light dark in turn.
November 2010
Front deck almost finished. It takes more time as I do not use stables here in order to avoid the marks.
November 2010
Could not resist it despite my ambitions for a quick&dirty project. I cut the deck for laying in stripes.
November 2010
The deck cut in four
pieces.
December 2010
Dart stripes in mahogny being glued.
December 2010
The hard intermediate piece between the front and aft deck where the strips really twists.


December 2010
Front deck finished.


December 2010
The transition piece between front and aft deck almost done.
December 2010
Aft deck done.


December 2010
The front deck with inlay ground.


December 2010
Transition from front to aft deck done. I had to put in a couple of wedges to make it smooth.
January 2011
Front deck being primed with epoxy. I use a rubber
squeegee to minimize the amount of epoxy.



January 2011
Front deck with glassfibre. Now all the excess woven needs to be trimmed.