Frames 2

The frames have been filleted with epoxy to strengthen them where necessary, and then having been left for over four days (to ensure they had cured fully - anything less and my epoxy rash would have flared up) they were sanded down and slotted into their places under or alongside the deck beams to be lashed and pegged when the stringers are in place. This at least gives an initial impression of the three dimensional shape of the boat.

 In parallel with this I marked the profiles of the bow and stern cutwaters by pricking onto hardboard through the offsets drawn on to tracing paper some time ago, and then cut to approximate shape.

The next post will show how to obtain the best fit to the gunwales and end frames.