Now I only needed to solve the baseline issue. In boat building or cabinet making a 1/16th of an inch off can make a beautiful piece of woodwork look like the grandkids did it with a crayon and a handsaw and as you recall from the previous post I was concerned about being off by that much. This is not the case with the panels used to form the sides and bottom of the boat in what the designer calls a second-generation stitch and glue method. They even state that a little gap is preferred and allows the epoxy resin to bond the panels into a monolithic unit, so accepting that I simply determined the orientation of the first panel and snapped a chalk line. Working with a framing square and straight edge we laid everything out and in no time were cutting them.
So the update reads:
We had a great time at the ballpark today. For an 82-year-old, Mom can give any fan at the park a run for their money. The Braves won and we had a blast.
As far as the boat is concerned we got more done than I expected. We have the hull chine and hull topside panels cut out. I think during the week I can get the bottom, transom plates, cockpit and deck panels cut out leaving us ready to pre-coat all the panels with epoxy next weekend. While the epoxy cures we can begin building the strong back frame and hopefully be ready to set out frames during the following week.
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