Somes Sound - Midpoint of build?

Been busy lately on the internal fit out and getting to the stage where my boat is beginning to take shape. Some days I seem to make great progress, others you spend hours seemingly getting nowhere.What does seem surprising is the amount of wood I still have left over - yet there doesn't seem to be that much more construction to be done.   Initially,...

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Front deck and side lockers

Making some progress on the decks and side lockers.  Using John Brooks advice in specifications, I used a sheet of fabric to measure out the deck.  I managed - just to get both sides of of one 8 x 4 sheet of 3/8" ply.  In doing so, I had to shorten the side deck panel by about 1", which will simply mean that the Sapele solid deck will...

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Internal Fit Out - continued...

My next step was to build the aft bulkhead and install the aft deck beams. The plans call for 3/8" ply (I'm using Robins Elite Sapele) which can be fitted either as one component or two halves.  I elected to fit as a single component and so had to first scribe a vertical line on the inside of the hull where the bulkhead was to be positioned. I...

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