Finally starting to get some big ticket items installed. Sunday I got the kingplank installed, and made the brackets for what will be the rails in the cockpit. Picked up some stock for the gunwales and laminated up some fir for the rudder too. I can already tell the rudder is going to be a pain to shape, since the alternating grain planes nice on one plank while tearing out on the adjacent one. Maybe I will see if I can rough it out a bit with whatever works, and then finish with the belt sander.
Got the centerboard trunk assembled and test fit on Sunday as well, only needed a minor amount of reshaping. Monday it saw a pass through the bandsaw which yielded an almost perfect fit, and it got installed.
Next on the list:
-Install blocking for the shroud mounts
-Brackets to the centerboard trunk from the frames - considered a thwart here, but I'll probably end up leaving the cockpit open.
-Install blocking for the shroud mounts
-Brackets to the centerboard trunk from the frames - considered a thwart here, but I'll probably end up leaving the cockpit open.
-Cap on the centerboard trunk
-Probable cutout on the top on the transom
-Install gunwales
-Install stringers for cockpit rails, figure out decking at transom (if any)
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