Bottom work...

I've had the boat on her side for the last couple weeks while installing the runners along the bottom, the skeg, and the outer stem at the bow. The stem had to laminated from approx 5mm thick strips of mahogany, which I cut using the circular saw. It seemed like it would be easiest to build a plywood frame in the exact shape of the bow, and use this to bend the laminates into shape. If I'd thought ahead, I would have saved the leftover piece of plywood from cutting out the bow girder, but it only took a little while to re-create one using the plans.
The laminates were too thick to bend into place without breaking, so at first I tried planing them down a little. But that was too time-consuming and difficult...so I tried pouring boiling hot water on them just before bending, and that worked beautifully! Once all of the strips were bent into place and clamped in, I allowed them to dry for a couple days before disassembly and reassembly with epoxy. I then glued and screwed it to the bow, and scarfed it to the center runner.