The 1000 Hour Mark
She is really starting to show her shape.
Scaffolding was applied to each side as needed.
Screws with washers were used at the ends of planks to pull the shape in, and create the slight concave shape at the bow.
The strips of red cedar are very colorful and make us want to finish her "bright". She is very beautiful at this point.
Any excess epoxy will be removed during the fairing process.
Some strips were left long during the planking process.
The scaffolding creates a little more room on the port side.
Its still a tight fit.
The strips were reduced from 1 1/16" in height to 13/16" to help make the turn up toward the keel easier. The narrower the strip, the less sharp edges and flat surfaces will need to be shaped in the fairing process, but the slower the planking process.
Only about 5 rows could be applied each day, taking over 1 hour per strip. This included staggering any joints, slathering unthickened epoxy on all surfaces, reslathering thickened epoxy on the strip already on the boat, nailing the new strip to the existing strip with plastic nails and ring shank nails in any areas that did not want to cooperate. Then excess epoxy was scraped from the squeeze lines. The scaffolding also had to be adjusted intermittently.
The planking at the bow will need to be trimmed back to accept the outer stem.
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