Laying out panels on plywood

• Patterns of panels are drawn on the Okoume plywood.
• Used 2 inch cloth tape to join panels together.

Benny and Curry are bored with the layout process

Stitching the hull

• Made temporary forms to shape hull

Holding the hull while stitching

• Holding forms are made that conform to the hull shape

Butt joints are used to join the panels

• I used 3 inch wide 4mm Okoume for the joints

Tab fillets in between wires

• After tabs cured I removed the wires
• Regular size fillets covered with glass tape are applied next

Bow and Stern are Tapered (Stern shown)

• Designed blunt ends for bow and stern

Bow and Stern end plates (stern shown)

• Installed end plates in lieu of running sheer clamps to ends

Hull seen from bow

• Blunt end is tapered

End plates (Bow seen)

• Front and rear bulkheads are installed prior to installing final fillets

Hull is sanded prior to glassing

Glassing the hull

• One coat of clear epoxy is applied to six oz cloth
• Four coats of epoxy mixed with graphite powder are applied to bottom

Epoxying the side panels

• Four coats of clear epoxy are applied to side panels

Hull seen from bow

• After glassing the hull

Hull is glassed