I took it off the stands to see what it looks like right side up; there's a wee twist at the bow so I'll have to fix that before I strip the deck. ....bugger......
Update.....view from bow.. I should have fitted more cheater strips, now a wrap around to the keel strips will have to be done when they are in place. A conundrum....but I have a cunning plan...
Also a word of praise for masking tape; it's amazing how efficient it it is for squeezing the strips together. At the end of each session I stretch a few inches over the strips, and am amazed at how much glue comes out when it pulls them together, bearing in mind glue=excess weight.
Stern nearly finished
View from stern
I went into the workshop over the last few days and popped on some more strips, and now the boat is really beginning to take shape.At the bow end I have had to fit some cheater strips to bring the strips up fair due to the upsweep of the bow, so that the lines can continue on the lower hull. Hopefully I'll have finished this part by the weekend.
It's so bloody cold in there that the glue is taking a long time to cure, so when I've got the hull stripped I'm going to move the lot into another room which I can leave a low level heater on to create a more stable atmosphere.
[I now wish I had used 3/4" strips it would have been a lot faster ..and used less staples!]
Stern view
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