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Another day’s work and again some progress. The bottom plate is now glued in place and it is much better than could have been expected – it’s as tightly against the keelson as it can be. The central joint could … Continue reading →

After epoxying the keelson and letting it dry we removed the clamps, the keelson seems to be very strong and holding it’s curve nicely. It better be! Next we drew and cut out the bottom panel in two parts and … Continue reading →

We have laminated the keelson. That was the first time we ever used epoxy in such quantities. Lets hope that it all went well. The density of the mixture was somewhere between appetizing pancake flour and mayonnaise.