The Pilot House continues . . .
 
With just a few inches to spare between the roof and the carport, I had to wait until the weather abated, so I could roll the boat out into the driveway to add the next two layers of the roof “sandwich”. So as luck would have it, I picked a super hot day and before I could get the foam in place, the epoxy went off in the radiant heat of the sun on the dark foam. Grrrrrrr. So bring out the grinder for the high spots, and the syringes to inject epoxy into the voids. After months of cold rain I had to pick the one day over 90 degrees. I was so busy building the roof, that I neglected to document the process with the camera.
 
The rolling jig makes it possible to move it in and out from underneath the carport, but it is getting heavier and it takes quite a push on my part to get to move it on the 6 castors. The trailer will be here in a few weeks and that may assist in its mobility.
 
Pilot House Roof
Sunday, June 8, 2008
To the right shows the radius for the roof over hang in preparation for the combing I will add. It will be canted back 45 degrees in the front and 10 degrees on the side. I have added two longitudinal exterior beams on top of the roof to add stiffness, and act as rub rails for a dingy. The fender washers and screws are used to clamp the beams in place while the epoxy sets. You can also see the scarfed areas in the 1/4’ ply.
 
 
 
Below: the exterior beams can be seen along with a lot of unwanted fairing compound due to the epoxy going off before I got the foam set in place. The roof’s 10’ span doesn’t flex under my weight of 200 lbs.