Yes it’s coming along nicely and most of all it’s great fun to build a boat. I decided very early in the build to go with the way Chris Morejohn builds his plywood boats and that includes his method of glassing the hull with polyester resin. 3 layers of matt plus 1 layer of cloth. The whole boat is glued and scewed together with 2:1 epoxy and stainless steel 5 mm screws. The screws stay in. His boat is in great shape after 20 odd years of heavy use.
Now as for doing it alone, yes, most of it is no problem. The design is doable for a first-timer like me and when it gets to gluing the large sheets I call on friends that help me out. I also have a boatbuilder friend that has helped me out with the beveling of the bottom and some other stuff that I didn’t want to tackle by myself with my limited skills. Another great help is Chris himself who takes his time to answer all my silly questions.
Its been great to be able to build at home in the temporary but bulletproof shed. These cold winter days I can continue the work When glueing large areas I turn on an external heat canon and raise the temperature to what’s needed.
So. The second layer of ply (first inside layer 10 mm sapele marine ply, second layer 12 mm fir) on and finished beveling the chine yesterday.
On to the bottom..