Here two of the Calamaro team apply resin to the fiberglass hull. It's just about ready to come off the spindle!
Here's an updated view of the propulsion system. Welding is complete and the SPD pedals are in place. Cable needs to be threaded through all the pulleys and attached at the anchor points.
And here we are at North Point High School pool again. This time we're verifying the emergency buoy system.
Test one on drape molding acrylic sheet over a small, felt-covered mixing bowl. We overheated this sheet so there were bubbles in it, but otherwise things went pretty smoothly.
This photo shows the plug after it had been substantially faired. It's not quite done, but the next day it was ready to be fiberglassed. The spindle is a length of 20' well casing that was left over from having a new well dug last year. It's a little bit flexible, which made the fairing tricky. We'd use solid pipe if we did this again.
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