Adding Padding!

It had to happen sooner or later. I was a bit too enthusiastic putting the bevels on the hairpin at the stern and took off too much, easy to do with a sharp plane! So I had to glue some strips of timber on to replace the missing stuff.

With those bits glued and screwed (same error both sides!) I added the first of the ribbands. These have to be notched into the moulds and, as far as I can see, can be placed anywhere. I think 9 or 10 on each side will be OK so started with one in the middle. It is good to see that it assumes a fair shape when it sits in its notches.

In this photo you can see the bevel on the inner keel. This was hard work! I realised it would be so wanted to do it before adding the ribbands, so that I could get my body in between the frames. If you enlarge the photo (click on it) you can see a hollow in the top of the keel just to the left of my duck. This frightened me (and still does) because I thought the top of the keel should be straight. but what will happen is that the planking fills up the hollow more where the angle it comes in at is closer to flat. At least I think that is what happens, I can see it in my lofting. However, intuition says the hollow should not be there!