I started work on Tuesday morning in the workshop, straight into finishing off work on the moulds with the help of Dan who is going to be my much appreciated helper for the next while.We needed to join the halves of the moulds together by drawing out a grid on which we laid them to bring them togther correctly. We finished this by Tueday evening. On Wednesday we got the box set up and repaired and levelled on the workshop floor on to which the moulds will be set upside down.
After lunch we collected the wood for keel, hog and apron from the woodstore and started to mark out the keel for cutting and shaping and then transferring the widths onto the moulds. By Thursday the keel was finished and then on Friday we marked out the hog and transferred the widths onto the mould stations and then cut out the notches on the moulds. By Friday afternoon the centreboard slot on the hog just had to be cut but we left this to one side to epoxy glue up the various bits of mahogany for the transom. By late friday evening it was glued and clamped up. A really good start to the build. On Monday we will finish the hog and then set up the moulds on the jig.
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