Eight strake, starboard

Everything with this plank went nice and smooth. It has never happened before!

Last night I dry-fitted it on the boat, as a routine process of determining where and which clamp will be needed, identifying difficult bend/twist areas and making witness marks for exact positioning.

There is only one slight twist when landing on transom. A bit special clamping was in order.

Today the summer came back for a beautiful Sunday. Parliament elections in Sweden - it will be a pleasant walk through the forest to vote!
I went up early, to prepare the strake for gluing. I wanted to use the weather and temperature as much as possible.

Started with kerosene stove service. I had to wet the wick with alcohol these last days to get it up and running but today it was high time to troubleshoot it.

Turns out that the wick gets clogged and prevents the stove from firing up. It must be all the dust in the air when I plane boards or swipe the floor. I will have to cover the stove every time I produce dust.

I burned-out the dirt, causing a bit uncontrolled fire for a while, and the wick was like new. Done!
Back to the boat!

Cutting bevels went smooth and quick. This strake required quite dramatic bevel, almost to the edge of the previous plank.

Gain cut at stem only.

Every time I am in doubt I look at Glypto.

She is a traditionally build lapstrake lady, studying her freeboard is useful when making her bigger sister.

With 17 degrees in the shed I easily spread epoxy and clamped the strake.

The plan was that after we come back from elections I will start the stove and accelerate epoxy curing.
Which I did.
But it took us a bit longer to come back - you cannot leave these guys in the forest, can you?