Christmas Puddings

This cold afternoon we finished the second deck piece and attached the remaining outwales. The outwales were epoxied and screwed every 200mm. The screws holes were plugged with teak.




We also attached the center yoke underneath the inwale.

And also measured up..

Decks and Outwales

This evening we started with the decks and outwales. The forward tank was sealed (containing the lucky ship's penny) with batons attached to the hull to hold a deck piece. This was epoxied in and once dry, will be worked down level with the hull and gunwale.

The next stage was to attach the outwales. We did this in two halves, first measuring 200mm points along the pine strip and drilling pilot holes. We then drilled larger holes half way through that will accept contrasting teak plugs. These were then epoxied and screwed to the hull. The ends will eventually be tapered off.

More of the same..

Tonight we fitted the second (starboard??) inwale. We decided not to bother with steaming this time and just used brute force. It worked out well, and any 'high spots' will all be planed level when the outwales go on.

This is the center yoke that Mr. W wittled one long winter evening..

Gunwales

Today we finished the second bulkhead, using the very handy joggle stick

We then fitted the port side inwale. This required a little improvised steaming, a lot of clamps and a moderate sprinkling of swearing.

Fitting out

This week we started to prepare for the gunwales. First job was to remove a section of the ply panels we had at the butt joins to allow the inwale to sit flush to the hull.

We then worked on the fore and aft bulkheads. It took a lot of time to shape them correctly. They were pinned in place and will be glued in and taped on the inside.