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Assembling the hull. Stiching the planks together with copper wire spaced every 3 inches. The gallon of epoxy sits on the bottom panel to help induce some curvature.
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One plank at a time... Its starting to come together. Once you start stiching its hard to stop until its done.
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Are we done yet... Don't think so. Even though its beginning to look like a boat there is much work to be done. At this stage all the initial stiching is done and the boat is ready for a flip to start gluing the panels together. The center bulkhead is
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It is now time for the epoxy syringe. Thickened epoxy needs to be syringed along the edges between the panels.
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This is what it now looks like. Once the epoxy hardens we can start removing the copper wires.
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A look from the stern of the glued joints.
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We still needed to glue the bow and stern panels which needs to be done from the inside. The bottom panel also needs to be glued with a nice fillet to the first panel. This is to better accomodate the fiberglassing job that will happen later. This is w
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Closer look at the bow panel. Notice that there are gaps at the stiches. These will be filled once the wires are gone.
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