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APRIL & MAY 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                                           After hanging the frames and securing them too the jig, it was time to start making the white oak pieces that went across the bottom of the hull and acted as a mounting source for the keel and then securing each frame together to each other with the pine stringers. And of course the pine stringers weren’t long enough so they had to be made longer by joining two pieces together with a scarf joint. And eventually each stringer had to be shaped by chisel and planed with a hand planer until they were each level to the edge of the frames.                                                                                                                                                                            

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