Transom cleanup. CB-case touch-ups

I dare to say that epoxy-plywood boat-building takes more time than traditional, plank-on-frame build. All because of epoxy process which needs time to cure.

You save time elsewhere - in sourcing timber (plywood is more easily available) or by using pre-cut kit instead of spilling planks or steaming frames. Anyway - it is interesting to try this process and building lighter, easier to maintain and dry-sail boat. At least that is the fame of this technique.

I only had one hour today to spend on building Louve. Transom got cleaned after gluing mahogany doubler on the inside face. This piece got trimmed to bevels.

I mixed a small batch of epoxy to touch-up places where wetting of the second coat on the center board case was a bit thinner. I also took opportunity to apply one more coat on the plywood edges which will be inaccessible after I close the case.

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Excess epoxy got used to seal plywood edges on the stem.

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Tomorrow I shall glue mahogany on outside face of the transom and fit doubler pieces onto centerboard case. That would allow me to finally close this phase and mount the CB-case on the jig.