We had severe weather for two days so it's going to take at least two days for the fronds to dry out. The rain cooled down the temperature so drying won't be all that quick. I need to start calculating weight for future reference.
I turned the boat over and prepared it for hurricane Irma. I doubt the boat would have remained intact if the hurricane was a category 2 like hurricane Mathews was a year ago. Fortunately for us, the hurricane turned I.To a tropical storm when it reached Georgia. I'm getting ready to turn the boat back over again so I can finish securing the " Noodles" onto the bottom of the hull! The boat sits up nice and high which is an add plus besides the boat being buoyant. I
I decided to make the deck from pieces of fronds. I added weight so that they will lay like packed sardines in a can once I add the wood glue. Uniformity requires that everything used should be cut in a specific size and shape. I have to admit that there's a certain amount of impatience in completing the boat. There's a whole lot of improvisation going on. There's nothing symmetric about the design. The design can be described as abstract if anything at all.
I was finally able to work on the boat after having days of rain. I'm really making a lot of progress. I'm using wood glue to attach thin fronds to fill in gaps that's between the thick fronds. I was thinking how it's a work of art but it also have to float, inorder to be a functional work of art. I'm still waiting to buy the heavy duty glue to use as a strengthener. I still have to add more fronds to both sides of the boat, which is the bow (front) and the stern. (back)
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