The strongback

The strongback is the basis for building the boat. On this a skinning frame will be setup that will be used to get the shape of the skin right. This frame will not be part of the boat later on.
I build the strongback exactly as designed by Thomas and put some effort in making it straight and level. The strongback is of course re-usable and can be used for lots of other boats.

In stead of long bolts I used m10 stud that I shortened using the lathe.


Bolting the strongback together:
I try to get the kids, Yentl (6) and Levia (4), a little bit involved in these projects. Even when that sometimes means that you have to do things over again.....