We attached the strips to what will be the bottom of the boat where the inside edge of the skirt will attach.
Here's the timelapse view of our work.
The strips as prepared before. We applied epoxy to the strip and then used a staple gun to staple the strips to the hull. The staples will provide shear stiffness and help hold the strips down while gluing.
There were a few areas where we had issues keeping the strips down due to wavyness of the plywood. When stapling I tried to hold it down as well as possible but the staples weren't strong enough when there was a valley between two peaks of the waves. I added some of the buckets afterwards to try to help weigh down the problem areas.
The next step will be to do the sides. It's going to be a little tougher as it will be not on a horizontal surface. But the sides are much flatter so we won't need to worry about weighing it down or gaps forming.
There were a few areas where we had issues keeping the strips down due to wavyness of the plywood. When stapling I tried to hold it down as well as possible but the staples weren't strong enough when there was a valley between two peaks of the waves. I added some of the buckets afterwards to try to help weigh down the problem areas.
The next step will be to do the sides. It's going to be a little tougher as it will be not on a horizontal surface. But the sides are much flatter so we won't need to worry about weighing it down or gaps forming.
