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By the look on my face it must be late, but I'm happy anyway.

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Adding a stiffener to the top of the bow panel to keep it from bowing from any pressures. Same with the stern panel.

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My bogen buddy holding up one end of the panel. Never have to tell him what to do, and his mind never wanders.

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Wiring on the starboard side panel with the help of my bogen buddy.

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Adding 1/4" bolts and washers to hold the two panels on their true edges. Without them, the...

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Wiring up the keel of the bottom panels, I use the phillips screwdriver to give me the needed slack...

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The traditional shot outside the Red Barn.

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Marking the true Centerline on the clamped together bow and stern panels.

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Rolling out any excess epoxy on the layer of 3" glass tape I applied to the "inside" seams.

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Sanding out any remaining humps.

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Checking for which side is up. Again the outside scarf points towards the stern. You can see that...

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Marking which panel is on the inside. The "outside scarf" points towards the stern.

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Drilling the tie wire holes. Size to fit the tie wire you use. I use 16 gage.

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A man should love his tools. The results of a long, smooth bevel. No dust to have to sweep up now.

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The last time I will use a rasp to bevel the edges of the plywood. I switched to the hand plane...

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Marking offsets. The first on the left is for the tie wire holes. The second and third are the 1/2...

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Trimming off the bow of the side panels. Use lots of clamps to keep the plywood from slapping around.

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Cutting between the supports of the work platform I list in the building plans.

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