Bottom Covered

The bottom of the first hull is now covered with ply. It has for the most part been quite easy, I got into a bit of a rhythm with the process of marking the wood, mixing epoxy, coating, gluing/screwing. The hardest part was the sheet at the bow on the inner side where there is the most shape.

Another tricky job was making this curved plank. I had to scarf the lengths allowing for the curve by marking the scarf lines with the lengths placed at the desired angle then sanding to the marks which resulted in the angle of scarf changing across the joint. It worked well.

One milestone was the removal of the holder for the bow bulkhead which up until now had been doing a very important job. But has to go to allow for trimming and shaping. You can see it is missing in the top photo.