Strongback
It was a long weekend in Sweden and I planned for some day sailing with Meritaten today but there was hardly any wind. Weather was beautiful so it called for outdoor activity!
I kept myself out of the workshop and started building Ilur.
Firs step is to assembly a strongback on which the boat will be built. I stayed away from power tools, to not disturb this calm day, and worked just with hand plane and Japanese saw.
Cutting out from panels, planing the edges.
Alec Jordan did a beautiful job on sizing the cuts - all went together as smooth and tight as Lego bricks.
Parts are screwed, not glued together so I can disassemble it after I’m done and keep it as a handy (and huge) work bench.
I added heavy duty caster carts so the boat could be easily moved around the workshop during the build.
Next step is to cut out all planks, make a jig for scarfing them and glue complete strakes.