Things are progressing. Yesterday the seat back was laminated. I cheated and didn't make the jig but used my workmate to bend the panels to the correct radius and I also double checked setup to confirm the cord was correct based on a 24" wide panel being bent at a 24"radius. The panels are light but that epoxy sure adds weight. I can understand the need to remove any excess epoxy to save weight plus it makes for a cleaner final product.

The hull is now dimensionally correct having been plotted to the bulkhead heights and widths. Using the prefabed bulkhead panels I was suprised to see how the bulkheads fit the sideboards based on Jack's plots. I did cut all the bulkheads and mast step components a little tall so they can be faired to the hull profile. The final hul profile was done using a router and a long flexable board aligned to the hull profile plots. This allow me to make a rough cut and then one final cut and get both sideboards identical. I deviated slightly at the seat back profile by running the sideboards a little higher at the very end to get more upswept look and yes a slight weight gain.

The next effort is to finish cut the seat back and fit to the sideboards, notch the bulkheads for the hull stringers and upper/lower mast step, rough cut the hull bottom plywood an fit noseblock.

check back Thursday, ed