Planking the hull 1, keel and sole.
tony o'connor
It is my goal to have this hull planked by the end of July.
Since the planking is already cut on the cnc machine this shouldn't be too difficult except that before I can plank the hull I have to sheath the sole and garboard with two layers of glass cloth...and before I can do that I have to finish the keel.
Fitting sole
Next is the keel
The plans call for 120 kg of lead to be inserted into the forward end of the keel, I have several bars of lead of different sizes which I cut and planed to size.
I also need to finish the keel base.
The cutout for the centreboard was finished with a flush cutter in the router, but this will mean that when I epoxy the base the insides will be a bit thinner than the case and will be prone to wear.Therefore I need to make the cutout a little bigger. First I use a radiusing bit in the router but one which rebates the radius a little,