Monday 1-19: First cold mould layer is finished. The tight bends are satisfactory. It would have been worth the extra time to bend the strips in this region a bit more. The next layer will get more attention to this detail.
The next layer will be higher quality marine ply (Joubert 1088 okume) although I would not hesitate to use this lesser grade ply throughout. I will build up a strapping system, remove staples, prep all over then start the next layer. Not sure if I will work one area at a time and progress fore aft or sand all over, coat with a layer of epoxy then start laying as before. Epoxy use is going to increase so time for another gallon.
Thursday: Two more panels snapped when I set them up so I soaked them a bit and laid them in the sun. After a while I could set them on the mold fairly easily. I will let them dry out then do the fit work and glue up.
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A strip panel snapped yesterday and another today while I tried to put it in place. The turn is getting tight around the hull in the back section. Here are some pictures on the stripping method: Space next to previous strip, lay flat while twisting, clamp, scribe, plane to line, plane a bevel below the cut line, sand all sharp edges, fit. I tried 5 strips stapled in place then a fast glue on all 5 but it is not much gain from doing a strip, gluing, doing another strip and less stress. One more day and the first layer should be wrapped up.
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