Making real progress now that warm enough to use epoxy. One of the toughest thing on the boat is fitting the Garboard plank – the board has to curve inward and twist fro m horizontal to vertical. In addition to complex layout, wood just doesn’t like to bend like that.
Kerfing bevel depth for bottom
Fairing kerfs to get smoothest bevel
Beveling to faired line
I spend a lot of time sharpening – at least daily
Decent scarps – 8:1 ratio for ply
Fitting pattern to get accurate copy
2 pair Garboard Planks, Port/Starboard
Built bench 1991 while living in Ohio- still going strong
Garboard setting up for glue
2 matching full length Garboard planks – 14+ ft