Once all the plywood panels were cut out, it was finally time to actually start building something! The first thing to put together is the centerboard case, composed of two ply panels, and internal & external case "logs" and a case top, all made of mahogany. The fore and aft ply girders are reinforced with strips of fir, then attached to the c'board case. Then the whole frame is turned upside-down and the bottom ply panel is attached. I made heavy use of stretched kite string during all of the above to keep things lined up and straight. At this point, the "spine" of the boat is complete!
[I don't have many pics of the next few steps b/c my camera bit the dust (and it took a while to decide on a new one)]. The frames and transom are then attached orthogonally to the spine.
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