Finishing up the parts
It’s been a while since I posted, but I’ve been working on the boat almost every night, finishing up the parts and getting them ready for assembly.
I put the gussets on the other side of each frame:
Built the transom. First I attached the transom frame:
Then I cut the transom to the angle on the plans. I put this off as long as possible because it seemed pretty complex. I should have listened to my intuition because I screwed it up by cutting the angle wrong and veering off the line. Fortunately I was able to fix it by gluing on a few shims. It took probably four nights to get it right. In retrospect I should have left it square and faired it to the right angle when I plank the hull.
Then I built the centerboard trunk halves:
Fiberglassed the inside of of the trunk:
And assembled the two halves, which I think officially marks the end of building the boat parts and the start of building the boat!
The results of the last two months of work in one photo:
This photo shows, from front to back:
- The stem and breasthook
- The assembled centerboard trunk
- The frames from the bow aft
- The transom in the very back
Next step is to make the building frame so I can start assembling the frame.
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