It's finally done! The mast is glued up!! Now all we have to do is wait and see how it turns out.
I've been nervous all day today, as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I knew tonight I would be gluing up the mast and I knew a lot was riding on it. I've spent a lot of hours on this thing and I just hope it turns out ok.
It was a messy ordeal. I gooped her up good. A lot of squeeze out.
In the morning I'm going to take off the hose clamps and put my belt sander to it before the epoxy cures beyond easy sanding. I might try to get that bench plane going before the sander; or maybe that power planer - yea, that might be the trick.
I'm guessing I'll have a few gaps that will need filling. My first birdsmouth mast did. I never had trouble with it but then again, I didn't push it hard. Don't plan to push this one hard either but it's 70% longer than the first.
Fingers crossed.
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