Well, I was sick last weekend and had commitments yesterday, but still managed to finish the planking today. I am pleased that I was able to get the boat fairly straight. I tacked the seams with some "stitches" of hot melt just to keep everything straight until the next time I hit it.
Today, I realized that there are simply going to be a few gaps here and there. Laying out 10 planks, 3 bulkheads and cutting them all out is bound to lead to a few errors and there are a a few spots with 2mm gaps. I started thinking that this would be simpler than doing a strip boat, but I'm not so sure. In engineering-speak, this is an over constrained problem with the shapes of the planks and the shapes of the bulkheads. One is bound to be wrong. I don't think this is a problem with simpler hulls (fewer planks) or with CNC cut planks and bulkheads. By the time I fillet everything (next step), I don't think most people will notice.....well, OK, I will!
I have vacation planned for the next two weekends so I won't be getting much done for awhile. Maybe I'll get some filleting in this week after work.
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