I discovered that I was absolutely right about not adding the correct amount of adhesive! Anything that is built to last must have industrial strength. So I must approach this project from an industrial point of view.
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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