This week we set all the moulds on the box , made the transom cradle, worked out the placing of the transom and more or less finished the male pattern of the lead ballast keel.
The job which posed the greatest problem was the positioning of the transom working off the drawings and getting the lines to fair in with the rest of the hull, particularly the on the last station. With much head scatching and referral and measuring on the plans we found the correct position but found that the bearding line for the planking needed some reworking particularly from the bilge area to the sheer line. It was all sorted by friday afternoon when we steam bent the hog around the top of the moulds. I was particularly pleased with the lead ballast keel plug which turned out beautifully after much bewilderment and confusion during it's build. We hope to begin the hull skin by next wednesday.
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