Completed Hull

I completed the hull Last October. Before I took it out I had to make a few additions to it.

First I had to reinforce the transom with a continuation of the inwale.. I also glued a sheet of 9mm ply to the inside of the transom to take the screws holding the transon pintles and gudgeon for hanging the rudder. The plans called for a 6mm ply transom. I doubled mine to 12 and then added another 9mm. I think this will be thick enough to take the 10g self tappers going into the transom.

The thwart was made from threesheets of 6mm ply laminated. There is a cut-out section on the lower sheet to allow for where the thwart will sit over the side bench lids. I hope I never have to take off those lids!

The oarlock reinforcements for the gunwales were made from peices of douglas fir and shaped to fit under the inwale. They were glued and screwed in place.

After that it was pretty much finished.

I epoxy coated the entire hull again, inside and out and washed off the amine blush. This gave the epoxy an opaque look and I would reconsider doing this again. It did fade a bit after a few months in the garage as it boat dried.