Part of the midship frame freed and ready for assembly
Gluing the two pieces of the bow transom
Assembling the two pieces of the bow transom
Bow transom glued and clamped.
More parts glued and clamped
Cleaning up the edges on a completed part
Beginning assembly of the midship frame. Clint explains the process.
Carefully laying out the midship frame.
Applying epoxy to the midship frame.
Assembling the epoxied pieces of the midship frame with screws
Covering screw holes in the midship frame assembly with bungs
Attaching the garboard plank to the midship frame.
Closeup of the Tab-N-Lock system that holds the plank in place during assembly.
Installing the fore and aft bulkheads, attaching to the garboard plank.
Preparing a transom for installation, beveling edges to match the garboard and sheer planks.
Beveling the edges of the stern transom
Stern transom, ready to go.
The screws that hold the garboard plank to the transoms will be countersunk. Here, making sure the countersink is correctly matched to the screw.
Attaching the garboard plank to the bow transom
End of Day 1, bulkheads, transoms and midship frame are attached and secured to the garboard plank.
End of Day 1, another view
Day 2. Because we won't be using the chine log, Clint programs a series of stitch holes in the bottom panel for stitch and glue fastening.
The CNC machine accurately cuts the stitch holes.
The bottom of the garboard plank is planed to a 90 degree angle to fasten with the bottom panel.
Test fitting the bottom panel.
Applying epoxy to the frame edges, bulkhead edges and garboard plank for the bottom panel.
Applying epoxy.
With the bottom panel in place, copper wire is threaded through the stitch holes and twisted to pull the bottom panel to the frame pieces.
Epoxy is mixed by weight and then used to create fillets along interior seams.
Creating a fillet in the bow transom.
Closeup of the fillet
Admiring our work so far.
Attaching the sheer plank.
Sheer plank closeup. It will overlap the top of the garboard plank, which has been beveled to receive it.
Cutting the hole for the bulkhead access hatch.
Interior nearly complete with all planks assembled, as well as knees and seat risers.
The underside of the stern seat/tank top. This may never see daylight again, but if it does, it will bear testament to the builders of this fine craft!
Bending the rubrail into place.
Applying a strip of fiberglass cloth to the interior bottom/garboard plank seam.
The bottom edges of the boat are planed and sanded smooth
Planing the edges around the stern transom.
The bottom with the skeg and keel runners installed.
Applying fiberglass cloth to the exterior bottom.
End of Day 3 we are mostly done with all pieces assembled and most of the fiberglassing complete. The next step will be to sand, apply a complete coat of expoxy and then paint.
