Filling in the Deck and changing the strip pattern.

A light sand on the top of the bow gives some indication of the way she might look.  

Look closely here on the side of the bow and you can see some filler strips....

I also filles some of the larger gaps with offcuts shaped as graving pieces at this point.

 

Templates for the Cockpit and Hatches were cut out from the paper image supplied with the plans and glued to hardwood ply as a template, then the template was traced onto 3mm ply and duplicated to produce what you see here.

These templates give a really good idea of what the finished product might look like.  More importantly the cockpit template allows the planking to be done efficiently by stopping the planks just inside the cockpit area.  The hatches will not be cut out of the boat until after she is glassed.

Now that the strips have come up the sides to the height of the cockpit we change from straight strips coming up from the waterline to a 'herringbone pattern with a strip added to the centre pieces and then one on the 'outside' alternately.

First Herringbone strip.

And the second

And the stern.  Keeping the twist while the glue dries. :)