Week 1 Reflection

Ollie Weiss 

Senior Project Week 1 Reflection 

Sunday. May 16, 2021 

Hours Spent: 38.2 



In the first week of Senior project, I have accomplished far more than I expected and was able to work ahead into a few of next week's tasks. At the beginning of the week, the boat started bare fiberglass, and as of this morning, it has a blue and green paint job with a white stripe coming at some point next week. In addition to rolling a total of 7 coats with three different kinds of paint this week, I started working on pieces that need to go on once the boat is flipped over. 

As of now, I am planning to flip the boat first thing Monday morning with the hopes of getting all 4 of the 17ft long inwales glued up tomorrow. Once those are clamped up and drying, most of my time will be spent sanding the interior and getting it ready for paint and varnish. This process will be very time-consuming and tedious, but I hope to stager everything out so I can work when coats are drying. I also have a little bit of fiberglass work to do on the console, which I plan to have done relatively early in the week to bond it to the boat permanently. 


In my last blog, I mentioned that I was not particularly happy with the paint drips; however, with my time winding down, I have decided to keep moving along and am hoping to fix or redo it during some downtime next week. I feel confident in getting all the remaining work done with ease, but the time frame I am working is very tight. It is stressful to think about completing all of the work I have left in such a short amount of time, but I am determined to finish as much as possible and continue chugging along. 

 

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