The keel and stringers are permanently in place now. It took 60 pieces of 3 inch fiberglass tape to attach all the stringers to the frame. It worked well to have one person wetting down the tape with fiberglass and one person putting the tape where it needed to go. We finally figured out how to make fillets and it is for sure a two person job. The best way for us to make good fillets is to use a cake decorating bag filled with fiberglass and silicone filler.
It is an adventure shaping and cutting the 23 foot long Doug FIr timbers. They have more knots than we had hoped, so we are going to try laminating pieces for the chines. There is now a lot of detail work getting everything true-lots of sanding and shaping.
The chines have to bend and twist-it is a bit scary bending and twisting them, but we have done one, as shown in the picture and it didn't snap (yet)! We will laminate the two pieces together to make it stronger.
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