Lumber

After a long wait, the lumber was delivered so today we worked 2 hours to rip the various pieces using the circular saw. First discovery was that the 1.5 inches (4 cm) thick planks are HEAVY. Based on the published densities for the fir, the forward aka system should weigh 35 kg, and the aft one about 25 kg. We didn't weigh ours, but I can assure that they do look robust. We could not avoid a few knots here and there...

We cut to length, labeled and set apart all the aka sections. Then we moved to the 3/4 inch stuff to rip the stringer material, and discovered to our dismay that the bill of materials is wrong by a factor of about 2 on the quantity of 2x3 cm (3/4x1-1-1/4 inch). Most probably, the designers did not take into account either the longitudinal stringers or the ones used to increase the rigidity of the hull sides. The result is that we'll have to order some more 2 cm thick stuff... Oh well.

Total work time to date: 29 hours