And so the parts pile continues to grow.....

Well here I am at the end of another day messing around with my boat. I just got a few things done today and the list is getting smaller until I will begin to start gluing the little fiddly bits on here and there and soon have enough to start assembling the actual boat. One thing I have come to understand is that building a boat from scratch or rather from plans, is that first you build the parts needed to then build your boat. I am in that process of building my parts. Here are some of them,

These are the frame arms for #3 bulkhead.

These are the rough cut frame arms for bulkhead #3. They still need trimming and sanding and notching for the stringers, as do most of the other frame and bulkhead pieces.

Bulkhead #1.

Bulkhead #1, the last of the frame and bulkhead pieces to be cut out. Albeit still rough cut.

Seat fronts sanded and hatch marked

Center case doublers

These were the rest of todays production. The seat fronts sort of speak for themselves, not much mystery there. The center case doublers. Although there are still two more of these to be cut out making the cheek pieces for the centerboard trunk. The doublers glue and screw to the case sides and make contact with the keel batton. The cheek pieces glue and screw to the case sides through the doublers and go all the way to the hull bottom board, thus locating the case on the keel batton side to side. (Or atharwtships for those of you endeared by naval talk.) The end posts will go through the bottom, keel batton and all and also align the case on the keel batton fore and aft over the center board hole. They will poke through and be trimmed to correct length at a later time.

And so the list gets shorter after each trip to the garage.

THE LIST!

Not necessarily in the correct order but just to keep track that it all will get done eventually. I hope.

So until next time,

Geoff