Fitting sixth strake no.2

It might be the last strake I manage to install this year - temperature drops to 3 degrees at night so winter is close. Kerosene stove manages keeping 23 degrees inside but I don’t dare to leave it unattended so at night the shed is cooling down quite quickly.

Having the boat tilted on the other side places her too close to the stove. I made an ad-hoc heat shield. Works like a charm.

It was a sunny Sunday so we were working in the garden for most of the day. I was too tired to attempt gluing the plank so I restrained myself to cut bevels and gains on both ends. Dry fitting on the boat - ready to be glued on the next session.

Here again I am closing flotation tanks so I epoxy coated plank surfaces which will land inside these tanks. By the time of next session this will be cured and dry - much nicer to work with during gluing.

Same story with end-grain on plywood edges. Two coats of epoxy until they shine. During gluing they will receive yet another coat.

Hardly any space left in the shed - the boat is starting to show her lines!