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I used some of the Phillipine mahogany I bought for sheer clamps, coaming, etc. Original plan was to use some of the plywood off-cuts, but those were in pretty random shapes and would have required piecing things together... and required more drilling and filling for the outer ones to hold...

Thanks Eric!

This exactly. By moving my bulkheads around a little I changed finished heights a touch, which became visible once I dry-fitted my longitudinal deck supports. Squaring up the cockpit may also have contributed some variance. As a result, I needed to build up the bulkheads a little to get a...

Tempts me, as well.

Everything fitted, then removed for final finishing below. Decking longitudinals cut for length and dry fit, will need to be shaped a bit. I decided to "square up" the cockpit - doesn't look quite as nice as the version that follows the side lines, but will be easier for flapboards/blind and...

Thanks RM and Eric. Will reconsider when I get to that point.

RM - interested in your thoughts on this, as I've been leaning otherwise. My thinking is first influenced by the fact that bonding the floor to the hull is optional. I'm bonding mine since it does add some strength and rigidity to the boat. Second, given tapers on the outer edges, I (and it...

Looking really good Matthias! Stay tuned as others with more experience than I have will likely chime in (like you, this is my first boat build), but my inclination is that taping to the sides isn't a requirement. I'll be "bedding" the port and starboard tapered edges of the sole pieces to the...

Quick day trip with my bride today up to Lake Mattamuskeet. This is a place both of our dad's used to duck hunt (didn't know each other). A good bit of it is now wildlife refuge... definitely found the ducks and geese and tundra swans. An incredible variety. I wish I could upload a short...

The sole sections mate at (over) the bulkheads, so they have those bulkheads for support. With the sole pieces epoxied to the keelsons, bulkheads, and each other, I think it should perform as a single, bonded sole. When doing the final install, I'll temporarily screw the sole pieces to the...

I have a better understanding now, Tod, of your completion % comments. The work definitely slows down working on the "little things". Hatch cover supports finished, fitted, and epoxied in place, including some RE magnets on the corners (matching magnets in the hatch covers). Keelsons notched...