Jim M

Ohh I think I am going to do a quarter check stealer that will end at bulkhead F.

Good morning, I was able to complete the first belt. I also decided to recalculate my belts, as I do not think that 12 rows are going to work with my 9" plank max width. I am really pleased though how it is starting to take shape. Here is my revised planking plan. Looks like I will need to drop a planking row to keep a consistent look and feel. The measurements are in millimeters. On average I am doing about 8.5" to 9" plank. Back to planking. Cheers

@Bryan Woods very well done

I agree, I am finding there is a natural curve, and I am needing to adjust the width.

Thank you.

Good morning, Yesterday I was able to create the first plank in the first band. Creating the template: Fitting the stern Fitting the bow Finally gluing in the plank I am finding the template method is working well. My transition between planks are much tighter. I also am noticing my curve is much smoother than doing each plank independently.

Good morning, Yesterday I was able to complete my plank plan. Attached is a spreadsheet I created to determine my plank widths at the bulkheads. I will recalculate after I complete the second planking band. Planking Fan.xlsx

Good morning, Yesterday, I was able to get back to the project again, and I completed the first strake. I started with tracing my template on to the plank starting with the stern. I then dry fitted it with a little water to help with the curve. Next I moved to the bow, and followed the same procedure. I then marked my join points on C, and 1 for these planks and cut them to length and I fitted the middle plank. I then beveled bottom of the planks, and then glued in bow and stern first, followed by the middle plank. And I am much happier with the final result. The plan today is to cut new strips and then create a spreadsheet so I can get the planks even and determine the planking belts.

I agree @Capt. Kelso this is a fantastic learning experience.

Thanks for the encouragement @JacquesCousteau

Thank you @damaartenman. I am just a newb at this and this is a complete learning process.

Very nice and well done.

Good morning, and major update. Yesterday (Sunday) I removed the clamps from Saturday's work and I noticed that the I made a some major calculation errors at the bow. The plank ends are to large for the belts. My bow was well into the third planking belt, after finishing the first row of the second belt. You can see there is about 3 planks before I hit the whale. So I decided to remove the three bow planks as indicated with an X How ever I really was unhappy with shape of the bow, the curve should be more smoother. This led to me removing all my planks, and then re-faring the model. After removing the planks you can see some dips in the bow that need to be sorted. After an hour or so of hand sanding I was able to smooth out the hull, and also remove any on the bulkheads. I am much happier with the outcome this time around. One lesson I learned, is that be diligent with faring of the hull. Also, step away and then double check everything and only when happy with the job, proceed. The bow after faring. You can see all bulkheads are even. And the stern. If you notice the notch is bigger, this is because when I removed the garboard, the isopropanol did not release the join correctly and chipped caused a small error. I will fix this with the garboard, and extend that notch. However, my calculations will remain to the original placing of the notch. I had to clean up the notch with a chisel to make it smoot. Another view of the fully fared hull. Here I am dry fitting the stern garboard. I did use a little water to help with the curve int the stern. Next I am dry fitting the bow garboard, again I used some water to help with the curve into the bow. Both boards now being glued into place. Finally yesterday, I was able to create the template for the first strake. Although this was a setback, I am really happy I made this decision. The foundational planks fit much better which should make a better model. Cheers...

Saturday I was able to make some progress with the planking tutorial. My template process is as follows: First I created the templates for all three planks. Then I fitted stern plank. Then I transcribe the templates to the board. Finally I fit the planks after cutting them out. Here is the stern plank. Next the bow plank Notice the odd dips and odd shape on the planks below. Finally I glue in the planks The bow plank And finally all planks in the gluing stage.

@Knocklouder thank you. I could not work in the imperial system very well, so I ended up converting to metric (I grew up in Canada) that is more familiar. In the future though I think I will create a spreadsheet to keep track of the rows etc.