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Building the 'Piragua' - continued:
All the glassed areas have had a first application of filler. Raw plywood has been sealed with epoxy.	While the filler cures there is a good opportunity to start with the daggerboard. The blank has been tidied up by sanding and the ends trimmed to shape.
Shaping of the foil starts with the leading edge. The process is similar to rounding a spar, but instead of eight-siding there are three tapers to plane as a rough approach to the leading edge shape .	In the meantime the filler has cured sufficiently for a second layer to go on, as well as another seal coat on the plywood.
After sealing and filler application some light sanding is required and then the hull is ready for painting.	An epoxy based two part high build primer is used for good adhesion. This particular primer also sands well and can be applied by foam roller.
Continuing with the shaping of the dagger board. This is the trailing edge with both tapers planed, ready for final shaping and sanding.	The daggerboard after having three coats of epoxy resin applied. The board is hanging from the roof overhang, pic should be portrait format, but landscape fits better...
The hull was finished off on the outside with three coats of polyurethane paint and sits on its dolly in this shot.	The mast, gaff & mainsail of the 'Swift' is going to be used for this boat but with a sprit boom instead of the conventional boom. The sprit is made from square pine stock.

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