The first activity this morning was the dry-fitting of strips to the hull's bottomside.
These strips are temporarily fixed to the formwork with tack nails to ensure correct fit and the maintenace of form and directionality. Every strip is coded by number. Where the strips are under torsional load (at the bow and stern) they are held in place with washered screws.
The staggered profile of the strip ends will be trimmed tomorrow when additional strips are then laid to close the hull up for good.
The strips being dis-assembled by Bill and Ed prior to being ...
buttered up with epoxy and very carefully laid back in their unique place.
Many thanks to Ian for "sighting" the curves and maintaining the kayak on a straight heading.
Thanks to Bill and Ed for excellent crew work.
The glue-mottled hull is left to cure overnight.
