Final planks epoxied on frames

Phew... finished the planking! Those final outside planks barely have enough hull to grab onto, but they're on. They are showing more gap between the planks than I would prefer though. Oh well...

The very outside planks will mostly be sanded completely off, but I needed to cover the last slivers of hull that were showing.

Had to use some pretty creative clamping and rubber banding to get the last planks to stay in place. 

This is a picture of the planks as they overhang the hull. I've tried to keep them as close-cut to the hull as possible to limit how much grinding I'll need to do later. However, a bit of overhang is desirable so that you can sand right to the edge without worry. Afterwards when you grind the edges you should see a fairly consistent thickness on the hull planking.

Tomorrow, if the weather holds, I'll take the whole assembly and strongback outside and start to fair it with the sander. Once I'm satisfied with the bottom then I can also use the sander to grind down the outside edges flush with the topsides. Fingers crossed that I don't make too many dips and rolls!


Fair seas! 
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