Stringer #2 is now out, and ready for grinding, cleaning, finish prep, and then the new install of the new stringer. This time, I'll be working from front to back, so I end up being able to put joints at the different locations relative to the mirrored stringer I already put in.
I don't think there's any real reason for me to not put the joints at the same exact spot, but mentally it'll just make me feel better knowing that I don't have any "hinge points" for the hull to snap at, in case my work ends up being the Dr. Suess equivalent of boat building.
But, here's some pics to show the slow and tedious progress.
Midship area and into the cuddy area.
Cockpit/fishing area of the boat.
For some reason, someone poured a whole a**load of epoxy onto the top surface of the red factory glass in many areas in what appears to be an attempt to stop the delaminations that were happening all over the place. It is an absolute NIGHTMARE trying to cut through or grind through and remove. If you even look at this stuff the wrong way it gives you problems! So... now I see why so many people go with epoxy on their forever/lifetime boats, that crap is so rigid, hard, and insane to remove. The angle grinder cuts through the glass quicker than a wink and a blink, but it hates having to try and chooch through that epoxy crap they've just dumped everywhere.
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