Building of a Black Pearl - page 3
November 2010The hull is finalised and the forms are cut from the building jig and re-inserted.
November 2010Stripping og the front deck is ongoing. I have sorted the strips by the colours and layed them light dark in turn.
November 2010Front deck almost finished. It takes more time as I do not use stables here in order to avoid the marks.
November 2010Could not resist it despite my ambitions for a quick&dirty project. I cut the deck for laying in stripes.
November 2010The deck cut in four
pieces.
December 2010Dart stripes in mahogny being glued.
December 2010The hard intermediate piece between the front and aft deck where the strips really twists.
December 2010Front deck finished.
December 2010The transition piece between front and aft deck almost done.
December 2010Aft deck done.
December 2010The front deck with inlay ground.
December 2010Transition from front to aft deck done. I had to put in a couple of wedges to make it smooth.
January 2011Front deck being primed with epoxy. I use a rubber
squeegee to minimize the amount of epoxy.
January 2011Front deck with glassfibre. Now all the excess woven needs to be trimmed.