Last saturday (Nov. 30th) we worked 3 more hours. To be fair, I should say that we spent 3 more hours in the shop, but a lot of time was devoted to study plans to decide which parts we should cut next before starting to assemble the hulls. This is not as obvious as it seems: hull bottoms and decks have to be traced from the assembled hulls (albeit the float decks are drawn with dimensions on the plans). Apparently the only remaining hull piece to be cut beforehand is the main hull floor. We traced the mid section on a 10 mm panel only to discover that we have to retrace it backwards because otherwise the forward section wouldn't fit on the same panel. Moreover, we discovered that the false transom must be cut from the 19 mm thick sheet while we cut ours together with the other bulkheads from the 6 mm. Oh well.
Today we went in a local sawmill to check the availability of proper lumber for the stringers and the akas. It looks like we found some good material so we'll place an order shortly after translating the bill of materials in metric units. Also, we found a good source of epoxy resin at decent prices, so wel'll place an order very soon. Here's a photo taken in the lumberyard showing good quality 5 cm think fir planks to be used to build the akas.
Total work time to date: 23 hours
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