The ply arrived. Can it turn into a boat? Ozzie is extremely sceptical.
I have taken it and some incredibly heavy mdf sheets round to Jim at the Dinghy shop who has a cnc cutting machine. Hopefully next week they return with the 70 plus parts precision cut into them.
The manual says to make the centreboard first so I have been working away on that. I had no ply, and thought I would try a lamination. This is left over Oregon, Tas ash, and Messmate. It is heavy and hard, and sure takes a while to shape. My technique with using the router and a jig is getting better. I mananaged to run the router through the wall of the jig a few times but I have worked it out now. Proving the maxim that you have the skills when you finish a job that ideally you should have had when you started. Oh well. I think it will work.
Meanwhile my theoretical approach is I will get out on the water on the nice days, and build on the not so nice days. Lovely day earlier this week, autumn on the Bay is magic.
And maybe a glimpse of the past and the future from Dale Simonson, who took this lovely photo of Derry sailing next to Mat Conboy's Salty Dog the Scamp off Simpson's point.
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