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<\/a>I had worried over the way that the hull sides and the chines and the transom all met, at both the port and starboard corners. I vacillated between (1) knocking down the sides to meet the transom and (2) gluing a shim on the bottom of the transom to meet the chines and sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I finally opted for knocking down the chines and sides. With the Shinto rasp that I bought, it turned out to be easier than I imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just started at the starboard side of the transom and worked my way around the boat. I had the rasp for rough work and then a sanding block with 100 grit for a finer gluing surface, using a straight stick across the boat as a reference for the final angle. It took a few hours, more or less, off and on, but it was satisfying work, producing a lot<\/em> of shavings and sawdust along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since I had to clean off all the sawdust, I took the opportunity to clean and straighten the garage workshop. That was quite satisfying, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And, lastly, I weighed down the bottom plywood sheet on the hull assembly, since it was bowing and bending a bit from being propped up in the garage in the humidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next steps are to finish laying out the cuts on the bottom plywood panel, then cutting it, and gluing the bow points back on in the right configuration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After two weeks away, because of inconveniently rainy weekends, I was able to get back to work, to level the chines. The general angle of the hull flare is around 16\u00b0 or so, but I cut the chines, as per the plans, at 18\u00b0. Thus I needed to cut down the chine angle to as … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>
Spiffy leveled starboard side corner where the side and chine and transom meet<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a>