Planking!
Well the planking work has started.
As mentioned earlier we will be replacing the butt-joints in the planks with scarphed "hide-a-butts" glued with epoxy. This is to create a stiffer hull, and remove/replace the damaged end-grain in the planks. While there are a number of butt-joints per side we are minimising the number of "hide-a-butts" by incorporating them into plank repairs when we can - again with glued scarphs ( 8:1).
To ease this I built a little jig to help control the router as I cut into the hull.

This speeded up the process - 13 scarphs cut in the hull in a day! Most of what is needed on the port side. Then the tool was mounted on a bench for cutting the wood.

Neat repeatable 8:1 scarfs... Makes the job so much easier.

Here you can see two of the completed hide-a-butts and the first plank repair - being held in place while I drill for the ribs and frames.

Then it was time to put in one of the most difficult planks - constantly changing dimension, curve, and twist!

This is being held in place for a few days - I have to travel anyway. So that it can get "happy" with its new place in life, before I remove it for final finishing and fitting.