Going 3-D

The last 9 days have seen some progress in the building of this Oracle. We have had mild weather to help the epoxy harden.  The warm days have encouraged long hours drawing and cutting out the five panels that make up the boat.  Two side panels.  Two bilge panels and the bottom of the boat too.

Once the panels had been cut out, they were turned over and the seam between the plywood sheets was coated with epoxy and fiberglass cloth.

The boat is given its shape by the interior bulkheads. Those bulkheads were drawn, cut out and edged with strips of wood to act as stiffeners and to hold screws necessary to keep the side panels in place

Today I took the gluing table apart and left the two saw horses to hold the bottom of the hull. The tops of the saw horses are level and parallel.  I was able to attach the two side panels to the interior bulkheads with drywall screws.