Gluing the stringers

28/01/2021

Luckily there was 3 days during late December with temperature above 10 degrees. I say luckily for me because this allow me to glue all my stringers to the frames and ticke a big job on my to-do liste. I still had a gas canon heater to make the temperature under the tents (S because there is two tents) more than confi. I took my time and after a big day all the clamps were gone and only crews and epoxy were holding the stringers in position. Very satisfying moment at the end of the day to look at this little boat stripped away from all this clamps and taking shape.

My little sister pop by at the end of the day and help me finishing all the filleting along the entire boat. I have to say i really like this job, it is a little bit like finishing a nice decoration on a nice chocolate cake. With the rounded knife going in each corner to remove the extra glue and shape a nice concave connection between each piece of wood. Almost meditative for me. Luckily they his hips of filleting to do til the end of this project. We will see if I’m still loving it at the end.