Stella's hull completed!

The pictures seem to running backward, but here I'm sanding Stella down in preparation of fiberglassing her hull!



Ready to glass her up! Isn't she pretty?!




Marie is cruising right along with Lucy.




The pinstripe in Lucy's hull below, is a hardwood called Bloodwood. Really beautiful but difficult to work with. The rest of her hull will be cedar.





Here I'm finishing the filling in of the hull. Each strip is mitered on both ends and has to fit precisely. Dry fit it first, then remove it and glue it into place. Take care not to damage the mitered ends or you'll have to make a new strip. If this happens, save the strip for the next piece, since it will be much shorter.
The stern before I shape it for adding the outside stem.


This is the outside stem, which is Peruvian Black Walnut. This is epoxied onto the hull after carefully planing it with a block plane. It has to cure for a few days before you can remove the clamps. Then you can plane it down to the hull and get it shaped.


Getting down to the last few strips.....finally.


ever closer....this really takes a lot of patience.
Stell has a hull!