March 16, 2003
Forward deck is first ruffed out leaving the edges ~ 1" proud. After gluing and screwing down with 3/4" screws, the outside edge, hatch opening, mast hole and dagger board opening are routed out using a straight bit.
More pieces of Sycamore installed mid ship for reinforcement for the rowing oar locks and blocks. Fore, aft and mod decks installed and trimmed.
Another look at the Sycamore carlen deck beam knees. In the middle of the knees you can see the reinforcement for the oar locks. Here you can almost see (upper right) the sister beams/pieces installed where the decks butt together. This provides a larger surface to epoxy to. You can also see the mortised end of the aft kink plank, skeg screws
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