A little more work over a couple of more days

Here are the gussets for the main frame. The corners are notched larger than necessary, to act as limber holes for draining the boat. I managed to mess up the framing a little, so I haven't taken pictures yet.

Here we are kinda basement sailing. the only things glued together are the stem and the transom. The rest of the stuff is just screwed or clamped together. This is going to be a pretty nice boat, if I don't flub up the building any more.

 

Here we have the bottom glued and screwed on. Man, what a pain! You see the kerfs that were needed in the Chine log to get close to the proper curvature? These were necessary to weaken the wood so it would more closely conform to the shape of the front of the bottom panel. I am thinking that this boat is a better candidate for Sitch and Glue construction than Instant type. Shaping the chine log to compound curves is making it more difficult to put together than it should be, and pulling the sides out to mate properly with the bottom is difficult with the extra stiffness of the chine log. If it were just the ply panels, they would be easy to stitch into shape. I believe I will recommend that this boat be built Stitch and Glue.

 

Here we have something that went together much better. I took two pieces of Mahogany and made a cap for the stem area, and I think it turned out quite well. One is full size and the other is trimmed slightly to but evenly with the full one. I had to do this to protect the area where the ply cracked slightly. I also have a brace screwed on the inside, across the chines, to help keep things together. The boat is stiffening up quite nicely, even without any frames installed.

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