Hull planking finished!

Just about time when it starts to get cold in my area.
Temperature at night drops steadily to 4 C, a bit better during the day with 10-12 C. Warming up my shed with kerosene stove is still an option but it can be just a few weeks from now that the stove will not be able to keep 25 degrees inside.

Sheer strake on starboard mounted and curing.

Next step is plaining flat garboards’ top, to mount false keel and stem.

For false keel I originally planned using oak but I don’t have 4m long timber - it would have to be scarfed, 8:1 ratio or higher. I have such long planks of Siberian larch but this is technically not hardwood so I have doubts.

Another drawback with oak is that it requires special glue. I have it but might be not enough for the whole assembly and before I get delivery of more it may become too cold to use it this year.

Ah well, I’ll fix that!