Yes İ know, the title of that post sounds weird and İ wish İ could say it the other way around :"
My boat is in the water" but for the time being, that is really what i meant !
And for the first time in this boat construction's history, my wife helped me out ! Fact is İ could not have glued that cockpit alone because of the monoblock way İ build it. So we were two spreading that colloidal thickened epoxi all over on the support surface. We put enough to make sure everything would be properly glued, but not too much to the point where it would drip inside. İ used a mixture of colloidal, hard density filler and microfibers. Then it was a matter of carrying the monoblock cockpit (which by the way did not weight much although it is a pretty big piece) and drop it in place. İ had all the time necessary to make all type of fine tunning and adjustments before actually gluing the cockpit down, so it pretty much fitted perfectly and layed flat on almost all gluing surfaces. Big rocks and water gallons were used to press the cockpit down and ensure proper glueing.
Then İ dove underneath and with the help of this wonderfull high tech tool (yet another one !)
.......I finished off all of the smallest voids left behind. This big syringe used in bakery is really wonderful for small filet type applications. One straight continuous shot and its all good. No need whatsoever to use those special fileting spreaders which are time consuming to use properly. İ had heard about this technique before (as well as using zipblock bags cut at one tip) , but I had never tried before. Since doing filets in the very confined space underneath the deck was out of the question, the syringe trick was the very best solution. Not only do İ recommend it, but İ went to the local supermarket to buy two more for some other hard to reach places such as corners inside the cabin. İt is very hard to show good pictures from underneath, but here is one where you might just see in the back ground the nice little continous fillet. That was done with the syringe and the part is the cockpit sole resting on one of the T beams stringers İ made.
And for the first time in this boat construction's history, my wife helped me out ! Fact is İ could not have glued that cockpit alone because of the monoblock way İ build it. So we were two spreading that colloidal thickened epoxi all over on the support surface. We put enough to make sure everything would be properly glued, but not too much to the point where it would drip inside. İ used a mixture of colloidal, hard density filler and microfibers. Then it was a matter of carrying the monoblock cockpit (which by the way did not weight much although it is a pretty big piece) and drop it in place. İ had all the time necessary to make all type of fine tunning and adjustments before actually gluing the cockpit down, so it pretty much fitted perfectly and layed flat on almost all gluing surfaces. Big rocks and water gallons were used to press the cockpit down and ensure proper glueing. 
Then İ dove underneath and with the help of this wonderfull high tech tool (yet another one !) 
.......I finished off all of the smallest voids left behind. This big syringe used in bakery is really wonderful for small filet type applications. One straight continuous shot and its all good. No need whatsoever to use those special fileting spreaders which are time consuming to use properly. İ had heard about this technique before (as well as using zipblock bags cut at one tip) , but I had never tried before. Since doing filets in the very confined space underneath the deck was out of the question, the syringe trick was the very best solution. Not only do İ recommend it, but İ went to the local supermarket to buy two more for some other hard to reach places such as corners inside the cabin. İt is very hard to show good pictures from underneath, but here is one where you might just see in the back ground the nice little continous fillet. That was done with the syringe and the part is the cockpit sole resting on one of the T beams stringers İ made. 
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