A few hours on the boat today; cutting out and fitting the longitudinals. No measurements required as the templates were spot on (I like this). The same technique as the bulkheads but not surprisingly it all seems to go together a bit quicker now we are little more experienced.
The Longitudinals won't be tabbed in yet as the inside of the chines will need to be done first. Doing the longitudinals at this stage was basically an visualisation exercise to see exactly how much structure we have and whether there needs to be any re-thinks at this stage. It all looks good so far.
Above; Cutting out by hand from printed templates
A little cleaning up of excess resin with this cunning tool, but a circular grinder would have done a similar job. It is so much easier to see with the boat the right way up - not to mention better light in the new workshop.Items used today:
Full sized printouts
6mm Ply for the longitudinals
Sandpaper
Hand plane
Spikes (for marking out the longitudinals through the paper.)
Grinder
Well done Guy, Sorry I was caught up at home in the 'gardening phase' to earn the brownie points. Would have loved to be there with you!! Will endevour to pull my finger out!
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