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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Looks Like More Fairing

After fitting the plywood and scratching my head a few times, concerning the joining of the side and bottom planking from the second frame forward, I went back to my trusty Boat-building With Plywood book. I thought that I understood the lap joint procedure and how the plywood would fit on the chine but once I had the side planking on I realized the bottom planking wouldn't have anything for the screws to fasten to. Everything fit well up until the second frame forward where I ran into this problem. I researched the topic in the book and after rereading it the procedure seemed to 'click'.

What I was suppose to do when fairing the chine from the second frame forward was too find a spot on the chine where the wood began to start to twist toward the stem, and then draw a line down the middle of the chine. On the lower side on the line would be where the side planking would lay and on the top of the line would be where the bottom planking laid. This meant I had to re-fair the chine and sheer; though most of the wood on the sheer had already been taken off so it was a quicker process than before. Overall this makes a lot more sense to me and makes me want to kick myself for not seeing what is the most obvious way to fasten the planking. I guess it all goes with your first build! The picture below shows the chine and the line drawn towards the center to which either side will be faired.

Re-Fairing Chines, Sheers, and Stem
 

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