I epoxied the plywood panels together day before yesterday and when I took off the clamps yesterday morning, some of the glue joints popped open.� I had hoped they would last until I taped the joints, inside and out, with several layers of fiberglass and resin.

I cleaned the broken joints, made some temporary and some permanent screw blocks to hold it together and did it again.� This morning everything held when I removed the clamps!

I did a lot of sanding and then filled some flaws, holes, cracks and screwhead holes with epoxy and West 410 and went to lunch with Dan Spurr who thought he owed me one for helping with some fog horn tests.

When I got back I put on the first fiberglass tape on the exterior joints. I used scrap 10 oz fiberglass since there will be several layers of bigger pieces glass covering it.� It is nice to see the cabin shell looking nearer to it's final form without a bunch of clamps holding it together and I am happy with the shape.

Yesterday brought a skiff of new snow but today was partially clear and warmer. I really appreciate a warm day.