Progress

So, I got the thought this morning to make the stringers attaching the sideboards and bottom a permanent part of the boat.
I'm not proud, I don't need to show that I can butt-join plywood without cheating.
I just want a serviceable boat

So I posed the question this morning if that would be a reasonable plan, and then went of to take care of some other errands.

I came back, early afternoon, ready to start work on the boat. I hadn't heard anything from Fred, and I didn't know how to proceed. I cut my stringers, picked out the best ones to use, and even got the drill out to make it permanent. I had everything ready to go, and I was on the verge of drilling, when I got this:

Sure. That's a fine idea. Once attached with softened edges, glassed and faired, they would be an admirable feature.

And so I did it:Bottom, with stringers

I thought the stringers on the bottom might actually serve as a kind of mild keel: not much, but something more than a completely flat bottom has got to help a bit, right?

And the sides:


Mockup

I almost wanted to attach it to the stems and put on the rubrails and proceed with construction, but I didn't know if that would just be crazy. It was getting to be late afternoon, and it was getting cold, and I didn't think it was prudent to start fiberglassing, so there it sits, unjoined.

I feel more confident that this will become a boat than I have in some time. I think a few more weekends and we should be there.

SO . . . I need a name. Soon.