This morning the epoxy for the stringers was nicely cured. As now the backbone is stable I could remove the ends of the strongback to be able put on the seat risers. Removing the ends was a little more work than anticipated as I could not reach most screws anymore with the cordless as stringers were now somewhat blocking access. So back to the old manual gear to get them out.
Next step was getting the seat risers on. Learning from the advice of Arch I planed them down a bit more. After that they went on well. Just a little shortcut while sawing one end gave a less than perfect fit but nothing that epoxy could not fix. Lesson again not to make shortcuts.....Again the heater on for curing.
The coming days I have some other things to attend to but will try to start with bevelling the keel and the garboard stringers to accept the first plank.
Start looking like a boat isn't it?
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