Gunwales

I started today by getting the cedar portion of the port side gunwale epoxied into place, after which I used the thickness planer to get the poplar board to 10mm and cut it into two 32mm wide planks.

While the port side is set up I cut the slot for the wingtip into the poplar plank. Based on my only "adequate" results that I got with the inside cedar planks I decided to try something different to insure a perfect fit against the wing tips. After some head scratching I came up with a perfect solution: Use some of my adhesive backed roll of 80 grit sand paper and put it up along the wing. I then proceeded to sand the opening in the same plane as it was going to be installed and it made a great fit!

I finished today by epoxying the poplar piece in place. Tomorrow I'll finish up the port side and start working on the installation of the cross structure which supports the mast.