18' Sailboat Build (Skeg Fabrication & Stern Timber)

This segment is about installing the outboard stern timber (there is an inboard stern timber as well but will be installed later), and then tracing the shape of the skeg onto a ¾” piece of plywood. The ¾” plywood will become a template and the first laminate layer for a total of four layers, laminated with epoxy resin.

The skeg will be covered with fiberglass cloth and epoxy, then installed in place on the boat in a subsequent video.

Note: The “fairing” is limited to a “rough,” workboat like finish. It will not receive a yacht like finish, and this is my personal choice. I simply do not wish to put that much time and effort into the finish when there are so many other more important (to me) jobs ahead that must be accomplished before the cold weather sets in here in Maine.

Here's the video:
https://youtu.be/dhZqwwwthuo