Mahogany trim
Transom got cleaned-up on the inside face. If not for the wood grain one could think that both mahogany boards are indeed one, wide board. They will be stained, to equalize the color.
I’m happy with the result.
Last step before I close the centerboard case are doublers. I use plywood part from the kit as a template and cut them from mahogany.
I am religious in regard masking tape so before each epoxy session I mask all unconcerned pieces so that cleanup would be easier. It takes probably equally long with my masking as it does when cleaning the glue spills but I prefer this way.
Inside face of these doublers gets epoxy coat using the squeeze out.
I need space for yet another messy job today so I stack these pieces for curing once all squeeze out is done.
I was busy during the day with other stuff - and it was a hot day. Late at night, when temperature dropped, I started the biggie: gluing mahogany boards on the outside edge of the transom.
Having longer pot-life with lower temperature was advantageous: there were a lot of adjustments, gliding parts, massive squeeze out and all this mess when doing massive epoxy work. Thirty pumps of epoxy went into covering the transom with goo. Exhausted but happy I leave the whole assembly for curing over the night.
Tomorrow I’ll clean the centerboard and glue both halves together. While this cures I’ll trim planks on the transom.