assembly
early december, 2020
December 5th, 2020 was an exciting day! Got a bunch of people together and had a boat-assembly party.
With all of the frames assembled, the bow and stern posts cut and beveled, and the side panels cut and marked, assembly was relatively simple but required a lot of extra hands...
Every frame position was marked with vertical lines on the each side panel giving a guide for lining up the frames. The hull is assembled upside down to make assembling the shape easier.
1. the side panels, ready for assembly
2. starting with the bow post
3. the first two frame installed
4. frames 1-4 in, and the shape started to emerge
5. 2/3 of the frames installed
6. assembly complete, so cool to see the shape of the boat in full-scale for the first time!
7. the boat was flipped over and ready for the next stage of work!