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# Boat post!
- URL: https://jon.adelson.us/blog/boat-post/
- Published: 2017-02-05T03:05:49.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-05T03:05:49.000Z
- Author: Jonathan Adelson
- Tags: sailboat, maker, #Import 2026-09-28 00:22

We spent Thursday finishing gluing up the side panels so that on Super Bowl sunday we can flip the boat back over and go on to the next step. A couple things I learned (that I already knew):

- It's hard to control the epoxy in the pastry bag
- It's easier to control the epoxy in the pastry bag when you make it thick enough
- It's funnier when you're not the one holding the bag (sorry Jim)
- Epoxy gets pretty hot when it's curing.

Related to that last point, the second bag of epoxy that I mixed was a nice thickness and it went a long way. It started warming up about halfway through and by the time I'd finished the bag it was [hot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exothermic%5Freaction) to the touch. I had read that this would happen but it's definitely different to feel it in your hands. Just ask Dane how many times I told him my hands were melting.