The first steps in preparation for the construction – creating a guide/former that will hopefully help keep everything aligned during the construction process.
I’ve cut a guide for each of the 9 datum points detailed in the original drawings and positioned them along the centre datum. By lifting the guides off the board the ends of the bow and stern will sit directly on the board.
The shaped pieces of wood to the left of the base are the first sections of the keel that I’ve roughed out. The picture below shows the three sections resting on the former in approximately the correct position…
