Picking up from nine months ago

to post the progress of the build since then.

Hard to imagine how fast nine months slip past. And as has happened in my previous builds, it has progressed in periods of furious activity followed by long stretches of calm.  More pressing matters, unfavorable weather, sometimes inexplicable lassitude would trip the enterprise into a hole and the longer it stays there the more ponderous it is to carry on. Though once the impulse kicks in, the momentum would propel it to a new level.

Early October 2012. Another Ooops! moment upon finding out a mismatch of the bow-end scarfs.











A quick butt joint adds the missing material that will eventually be filleted and taped over.

The offending panel is trimmed to match the correct one and we are back on track.

By late October 2012 the bottom and side panels are assembled into what the Graham Byrnes the designer calls the "butterfly."

The corresponding panels are laid out in the boatshed, stacked together and the bow joint taped.

As per original design, the forward ends of the bottom panels are 5 mm ply (unlike the rest of the bottom panels which are 9 mm) so they are flexible enough to follow a natural bend when the "butterfly" is unfolded.









Keel joint is loosely stitched, temporary braces are screwed on to hold up the side panels and the hoisting lines rigged to blocks at the roof joists.




















And up she goes.















One finally gets to see how big this boat is going to be.

The "butterfly" joint at the chine has been reinforced with a small block to take the stress of unfolding.

A length of 1x2 keeps the top edge of the shear at the bow flat. Without it that portion waves like a flag.