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    Port first bottom

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    Port side first bottom ready to be epoxied

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    Second bottom panels (1/4" marine grade plywood) were cut, scarfed and epoxied

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    Prior to panel removal, keel, chine, batten, and butt block locations were traced with a pencil from inside the boat

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    Butt blocks epoxied and clamped

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    Plywood washers were used to increase the screw's clamping pressure

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    Side planking was fastened with 1" #8 screws spaced 3" apart at the chine and 4" apart at the sheer

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    Drainage limbers were cut into the rear battens

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    The frame sides must be faired so that they don't project against the plywood planking

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    Sheer fairing nearing completion

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    Here's a shot of the last side planking scarf joint being epoxied

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    Since the Bill Of Materials call for a single layer of 1/4" sheeting for the sides, we'll be using 1/4" 5-Ply Meranti ma

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    Most of the first sheer lamination was faired away

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    The strut was reinstalled and an 8' long piece of 1" round bar was slipped into it

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    Two layers of 3/8" thick by 2" wide mahogany stock were laminated to the inside chine log surfaces

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    A quick and accurate method of fairing the frames so they'll sit 1/8" below the battens involves running a router over t

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    A fiberglass tube was inserted into the shaft hole

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    A 1/8" masonite spacer was fabricated and slipped under the strut to simulate the thickness of two layers of fiberglass

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    The propeller shaft hole will be drilled prior to sheeting the bottom

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    Gluing the third sheer clamp laminations

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    Gluing the second starboard-side sheer clamp lamination

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    First bottom panels dry-fitted

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    Installing the second sheer clamp lamination

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    Port chine recessed for first bottom and battens glued

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    Fitting the scarfed first bottom panel

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    While we're waiting for the bottom panel to fully cure, the side planking template (31" wide x 18' long) is clamped in p

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    The first bottom template (1/4" fir plywood) is screwed to a piece of 1/4" marine plywood and trimmed to size

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    We'll be sheeting with the optional 1/2" botom in the flatter aft area and two layers of 1/4" in the forward section

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    Installing the battens and fairing

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    The second sheer clamp laminations are yet to be installed