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These two items will become six sprockets and four drive chains in the very near future.

Test fitting of all 44 oar assemblies.

Machining the dowels to fit the paddles.

Making the oars, raw material cut to size. Paddles 2 by 3/4 inch hardwood and the dowels 5/32 cut to one foot lengths.

Thanks Omega! Now it's time for the part I've been looking forward to, the oar mechanism!

Rough sanding done but still need to do some finishing. Next I start on building the mechanics.

Thanks Omega! It is starting to look like something now I spent about three hours sanding it tonight and I'm pleased with how it's coming along. I post pictures once it's sanded.

More pictures now it time to smooth out the hull and then start on the mechanics.

The end result with a tight seam and deck easy to remove.

Epoxy applied and plank clamped into place.

Tape placed sticky side down, I then greased the top of the tape with engine rebuild tape and wiped it off for easier separation.

Before placement of the oar hole planking.

more progress pictures.

When I began I used plans that were donated then blew them up to double in size which resulted in some distortion of the bulkheads. I wanted the planking to be single due to the thickness of the material I had to work with so I had to come up with a way to keep the lines smooth and flowing. What I did was stitch the planks together using the same material as the planking, I do not always contact the bulkheads but I catch enough to make this work.

The start of where the rudders will be.

With dowels in place and parts put together this is a picture of the seam where bow meets deck.

Sorry I forgot to add the picture in the last post.

Dowels glued into place, next trim and fit them.

Thanks guys! I could use ebony to block water at the rowers vents that would black out those areas and stop water. At the oars they can go through foam that way I'll have oar locks and a water tight hull with a good seal on the oars. The bow will take a bit of thinking, right now I have a bunch of different ideas going on so I'll settle on one soon. 

Never thought of that, thanks for the suggestion I'll figure something out. Shouldn't be a lot of splashing if my mechanics work the way I plan on. 

More progress! This is now a two piece hull that will be aligned with bamboo dowels now I have access to the mechanics once I get them built. First the hull has to be completed.

Thanks Omega I feel the build is coming along well. I have a long way to go still though. I hope to have it in the water by next spring or summer.

More planking progress, I decided to take a picture of my build and the Amati size build side by side to give you an idea of the difference in size. Every chance I get I'm working on this build just can't leave it alone for long.

I intend to be able to drop the mast too, I have to give that some thought too because I plan on making the sail operational. I plan to have the sail furl and unfurl by RC plus have it change the angle to trap more wind, this I have been pondering but have yet to come up with anything concrete. But first the hull needs to be complete then the really fun part starts.  

Actually Lextin the last idea sounds very good regarding swinging the oars back further, I'll see if I can figure out how to do that with the configuration I'm planning. Bob I darn not try to angle that ship into my car, I'm way too clumsy to risk that and I can picture me wrecking it in a hurry, but that is an option for another project down the road.