Things were just too busy to keep up with daily updates. I'll recount our progress to date. On Thursday, Day 4, we performed several goop and tapes. This was the official term the guys gave to the process of making fillets and taping the inside seams of the boats. We installed seat braces that served to stiffen the amidships frame and installed stern and bow tank bulkheads.

I've never seen kids make a bigger mess than what the inside of a couple of these boats looked like. Some were able to go back and scrape off the extra epoxy and will end up with nice looking boats. Others will spend some sanding time first and will come to a new understanding of what it means to be tide up front in order to save hours of time later.

By the end of the day on Thursday all the boats were stitched. At least one or two were gooped and taped. It was just too messy to work inside and in the afternoon it started raining so our work time was cut short by rain.