status update

The inwales are glued in place with the temporary screws removed.  I am trying to use as few metal fastenings as possible to keep the cost down.  The System 3 Epoxy is quite strong itself.  I have filled and taped the center seam and the forward bulkhead as well as the stem.  Here are some photo updates.

forward bulkead as seen from inside.  All taped. 

view of the center seam looking aft.  It is clear to me at this point that there is no way the keel batten will go in without modifying of removing the center frame.  

View of the center seam at the forward bulkhead looking forward.  The patch on the bottom is barely visible at this point in time.

view looking forward.  The seat risers and inwales are clearly viewed from this perspective.  

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wired

Finally stitched the hull together.  All appears to be level and square, although I am going to double check the transom prior to tabbing all in place.  I was using copper wires, but ran out and got some crappy 18 ga at the local hardware store.  Not all copper is equal.  This stuff broke by looking at it.  Even doubled up, it would not twist without breakage.  Therefore, I switched back to 16 ga steel wire.  I will tab the panels in place, remove the wires, then finish the filling and glassing of the seams.  This worked pretty well on the last skiff I built.

I am happy that all the seams really look nice wired up.  the stem is still a little funky, so will wait until all is in place prior to filling and glassing.

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