Planks 5 and 6 fitted.

I'm back from my sailing adventure. It was a great trip, better than I ever imagined. I have been home for a couple of weeks but went sailing again for a week with the guys from the Wooden Boat Association. In the other week I have been hard at it in the boatshed.

First job was to scarf together more sheets of ply for the remaining planks. Since then I have been on a roll with the planking. I have settled into a routine where I am gluing one plank in place each day. The clamps come off that plank and are used to fit the second plank of that pair. While that second plank's glue is setting I prepare the pattern for the next pair of planks and use it to cut the planks. In this way I fit a pair of planks in 2 days. I tried doing a pair in one day (one in the morning and the other in the evening) but found the pace too hectic and I had to slow down!

Anyway, here is the boat with 5 planks fitted. A few clamps left after the majority moved over to the other side of the boat.

And, again, with six planks. The planking stock is on the bench at the right ready for the next pair of planks to be cut. As I write this, I have made the pattern and cut the 7th pair of planks ready for one to be glued in the morning. If I made another 40 clamps I could glue them both but I don't have enough scrap plywood for 40 clamps and, hey, the planking is almost done.