Starting to stitch the hull together with plastic ties. starting at the bow.


Bulkheads in.



It's starting to look like a boat.

The pine was just what I needed to make the table for setout and to save the back.






You can see my high-tech clamps for gluing up the butt joins. Just one layer of 6oz cloth and epoxy. Then scrape them, no sanding.


This tungsten scraper works like a charm.




Then we just have to make some measurements and then cut out the panels. This ply would not lie flat.




This one is of my stick of cedar for getting smooth fair curves.

I ordered plans from Duckworks in the USA and got them in about a week. They seem very good but some of the measurements, where the 30" was added to the Toto were confusing at first, but on re reading it was clear.

I tried a new (to me) supplier of plywood in Dandenong. not too sure about their Gaboon ply. It wont lay flat. But it will do for this boat I hope. I also got a couple of sheets of cedar external ply and some of kauri pine. I also got 4 sticks of 90x35mm pine to make a table for a setting out bench.

Larsboat to fish out of.

I decided to build a Larsboat. A Jim Michalak design.
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/jim/larsboat/index.htm

I think it will be a good boat to fish in some of the rivers around the coast.