Started skinning yesterday.

I find that clamping the skin in place very important and leads to a better looking job. Your not fighting with the fabric and it keeps it straight on the boat. I used a clamp down the center line on the deck beam this time. I don’t normally do that but I will in the future. It made keeping the fabric snug on the frame easier.

This is where I left it. Very  happy with the way it looks. There are more wrinkles in the end than I like but it’s hard not to have a few with a long pointed end. Just a lot of fabric your trying to stretch and sew. If I had seen these I could worked some of it out. But it’s not a problem, The skin will shrink so much lengthwise they will pull right out.

It is ready for the coaming but I am not finished with it. Since it will be painted black it’s taking a lot of work to make it look good. Black shows EVERY flaw in it.  So I am still sanding and priming. Hoping to get it done today and maybe tomorrow I can finish up the sewing.

Mean time I will finish some night stands I am building for Christmas present.