Here the side panels are being wired to the bulkheads. Bulkheads 1, 2, and 3 are loosely stitched in place with short copper wires. The side panels are also loosely stitched together at the stem (front) end.
All 11 bulkheads are now loosely stitched in place. Bulkheads 10 and 11 look like they are much further apart than the others. This is an optical effect caused by the wide angle of the iPhone lens. The bulkheads do become closer and closer together near the center of the board (where I will be standing) then become further apart again at the ends.
In this shot, the board has been flipped upside-down and the bottom panel is laid in place. Here it is curved around the stem end and loosely stitched. You may recall that the front halves of the bottom panel were not glued together.
Loose stitching continues from the stem to the mid-point where the rear half of the bottom panel is one piece. I made this shot larger but it is still difficult to see the stitches.
All the loose stitching of the panels and bulkheads is finished. Grommet is inspecting my work,which he does from time-to-time. He will be riding on the board too, after all.
Here is the board flipped right-side-up. The next step will be to check and make sure there is no twist in the board (correcting if necessary) and then to permanently glue all the parts together with thickened epoxy.
Does thisthing have a keel?
ReplyDeleteNo keel. There is a bit of a vee-hull from the center to the bow, but from the center back to the stern it is pretty much flat. There will be two vertical skegs on the bottom, near the stern.
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