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New layout

New mast locations

Sail plan

Details for inboard engine(s)

Building the boat shop

Boat shop almost complete

Models

Backbone

Making bulkheads

Propshaft placement

Scarfing jig

Backbone completed

Positioning Backbone

Fitting bulkheads

Bulkhead alignment

Stringers fitted

Note extra stringers placed

ready for veneers

Prop shaft view

Applying veneers

First layer

Straping is for staple removal

4 layers total

Hanneke inspects

James supervises

Starting the fiberglass application

Fiberglass station

Ready to wet out

Applying the keel strip

Fairing complete and primed

Turing the lower hull

Fitting stem

Upper bulkheads

Yoga, Tiki style

Scarfing upper stringers

Planing the bevel, note the plywood guide

Storage mode

Finishing stringers

Coating insides of topsides

Fitting skins bow

Fitting skins stern

Nice bevels

Triming topsides

Jig for triming topsides

Closed cell foam for hull ends

Foam jigsaw puzzle

Bow foam completed

"Keystone" piece with leash. Note placement code

Beam troughs

Beam trough

Beam trough interior

Finished interior beam trough

Stringer gluing

Stern deck stringer

Deck stringers. Note elevated cabin

Side / deck detail

Stern deck

Stern deck awaiting deck beams

Bow deck beams

Bow deck beams at stem

Closed cell foam at bow

Testing bevels for decks

bow decks going on

Finished bow deck

Raised cabin interior

Stringer fillet and glassed

Interior fillets

Begining beams

Note to self: buy more clamps

Planing beam edges

Beam timbers scarfed

Glue maiden

Beam stringers

Beam construction

Completed beams

Glassing beams

Glassing beam faces

Rolling air out

Fitting beams

Finished beam in position

Novel use of engine hoist

Beams from above

Beams from below