Crunch time. As per previous posts, it has become blatantly obvious that there was no way that 45mm wide teak strakes were going to bend to the original curve used by Fairey Marine. You can see the traces of the old planks - they're the black marks in the sub-deck.
So, a decision was taken to reduce the sweep somewhat, but keep the original style of planking, i.e. butting into the flared king-plank.
The photo shows the port hand strake (No 4) persuaded into position with blocks on the deck; screws and penny-washers and a ratchet load strap to control the edge set.
One fine day in early October (temperature in the high 70's) Both number 4 strakes were laid; machined and glued down.
Of course No. 3 needs to be completed, and then the pieces of 1 and 2 fitted, but I'll leave those for another day.
On the basis that I've used up one of my two boxes of glue I am assuming that I've completed about 50% of the deck. I'm hoping that it's slightly more.
[Now Playing: Tourniquet
by Evanescence]
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