Friday, August 28, 2020

Framing Out the Bow and Stern Compartments

Installing Framing to Receive Deck Panels

Installed framing around the bow compartment. Took a little math to get the angles just right. The framing is epoxied in the bow. It's cut for the stern, but I ran out of clamps. Tomorrow is another day.

Stern


Bow

Decks dry fitted
 


Next Step
Finish installing deck framing, apply coats of epoxy to decks and glue them in place.
 

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