Date	Work Done	Hrs
12/27	Ordered plan set from Bateau Boats for thier Phantom 18 Flats boat with the intention of modifying the deck layout for bass fishing.	1.00
12/27	Researched epoxies and read many postings on the Bateau message board. Started sketch book of features I wanted to incorporate.	3.00
01/02	Received my plan set today. Went to Home Depot for some plywood to get started.	1.00
01/03	Transferred stringer shapes to vellum and cut out. Cut bottom panels and side panels and started laying out my first bulkhead (B) . Found out I'm moving a little too fast when I caught the note about camber right before I started cutting. Decided to call it a day.	7.50
01/04	Spent some time modifying the deck layout on the drafting board. Only had to make some changes to bulkhead "C" so far . Completed laying out all the bulkheads. It does take some time. Finished cutting  them out and set them aside.	7.00
01/05	Transferred the stringer shapes I cut out of vellum to the 3/8" plywood. Cut matching notches in the stringers and the bulkheads. All hull components are now cut and ready to assemble.	5.50
01/06	Cleaned up the garage and started planning how to make the splices. Decided to section off half the garage with clear plastic so the heat required for proper setting of the epoxy would be less. Set-up a mixing station.	2.00
01/07	The "plastic tent" took about three hours to construct. Made a fixture for the drill press that essentially turns it into a power mixer. Installed temporary butt blocks on the inboard stringers  .	5.00
01/08	Glassed the splices on one side, four stringers and one splice on each of the sides before running out of room. completed one side splices.	4.50
	First splice on bottom panel - weights used to keep both sides flat.                                         Other side is duct taped together.
01/09	Glassed splices on the flip side. I was able to do all of them at once by covering the splice on each panel with a strip of polyethylene plastic and stacking the next one on top.	4.50
01/10	Cleaned and re-arranged garage. Laid 4 1/2 sheets 1/2" ply to set bulkheads on. Set bulkheads and stringers in place.	6.00
01/11	Started to zip tie sides in place. Realized right away something was amiss. I spliced my aft side sections sections reversed. Made some new splices and re-cut. Tied sides to bulkheads and transom. Removed temporary bulkhead support blocks. Tied bottom panels together. Wow!! Instant boat! All that's left is to tie sides to bottom.	7.00
01/12	Tied the sides to the bottom panels starting at the stern and working forward. Came together very nicely. Noticed that the bow is going to take some persuasion to bring into shape. With everything tied it was time to flip. I was able to do this by myself by gradually increasing the height of one side with blocks of wood, then one paint can, then two paint cans, etc. Then lifted and leaned against far wall. Side on floor slid nicely on plywood base. Got myself between the wall and the boat and with my foot slid the bottom out and supported side as it settled to the floor. Yes, my back is bothering me a little right now. Made a set of cradles to support at frames "B" and "D" and put caster wheels on them. Very impressed at this point with how nice everything has fit together!	6.50
01/13	Fabricated cradles for supporting boat at stations "B"  and  "D" .	1.00
01/14	Tied cradles together with 1x3 furring and leveled and squared up boat.	2.00
01/15	With everything squared and level (no twist) I was concerned about some gaps under the bulkheads at "b" , "c", and "d" as seen in the photo below. I am waiting to hear back from Jacques Mertens , the designer , at  Bateau.
01/16	Questions answered. I started filleting after removing stringers and bulkheads. I can see how the instant gratification of stitching the boat together will now be replaced with long hrs of mixing and wetting out. Transom bottom filleted, and taped. Starboard side filleted.	4.50
01/19	Second layer of biaxial tape applied to stern, port side filleted and taped, starboard side taped, bow filleted and taped. Its cold here in the northeast and I have had to use a heat gun in order to get the biaxial glass to "wet out". This extra work is slowing progress.	7.50
01/20	Applied fillet down along the keel. I had to build a platform from two 2"x4" and 1/2" ply to span between cradles in order to work the center of the boat. Taped keel area, double-upped on tape in bow area as per plans, re-inforced all splices with biaxial tape. Inside of hull is now ready for 50" wide biaxial to cover bottom.	5.25
01/21	Sanded all glassed areas with 80 grit. Changed my plastic tent approach to a skirt clamped to gunnels with heater underneath.	1.50
01/22	Glassed inside bottom, port side,  from transom to bow. Still slow going trying to wet out glass with outside temperature in the twentys and inside garage between 40 and 45. Using a heat gun and doing "inches at a time" achieves proper wet out with minimum resin use (ie. weave showing). I am using a low viscosity resin from Raka. (www.raka.com)	7.00
01/23	Glassed inside bottom, starboard side, from transom to bow.	6.25
01/24	With the inside bottom now glassed, I placed the stringers and bulkheads back in the hull and scribed each part to allow for the thickness of the glass on the seams, chines and keel. Then removed everything again, used a belt sander to trim stringers and bulkheads, and placed them back this time with zip ties. Cut transom plank from southern yellow pine (1 1/2"), planed both sides on a thickness planer to square up and fit into place. (plans call for 1" mahogany or similar hardwood.....I am deviating "at my own risk" )	8.00
01/25	I read repeatedly on the Bateau message board how important it was that the bottom be 100% flat aft of station "C" with this in mind, I raised the hull up off the cradles I had built earlier and onto milk crates with staight 2" x 4" 's located under the outboard stringers. This accomplished two things: peace of mind that there would be no hook or camber to the bottom and....maybe even more importantly.....since the hull was now higher....less bending over while glassing!!	4.25
	Bottom panel starboard side with 2"x4"s assuring straight bottom.
	Same area looking outboard. Again nice straight panel. Time to gass in stringers.
01/26	Glued transom plank in with thickened epoxy. Used stainles screws to hold it in place. Glassed area between "E" and transom. It was five boxes (33 corners.....i think), doubled up on glass for transom board.	7.25
01/27	Nomenclature: what I previously described as "boxes", we are now calling "bays"....there are 21 of these (counting the section between"A" and the bow as one). Competed 1 1/2 more today. That leaves 19 1/2 more to go.  Typical stringer/bulkhead joint.	2.00
01/28	Three more bays complete.	5.50
	Transom Bays after glassing.
01/30	Completed 1 1/2 bays today. Finished my first five gallons of resin. My next shipment is due in a few days. I will work on making a hardware list (bow eye, running lights, livewell system parts, etc) and ordering the fuel tanks. I intend to install two. One 25 gallon and one 12 gallon.	2.00
01/31	UPS is fast! I got my epoxy today and completed 2 more bays last nite. I now have 13 more to go.	3.50

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