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Another frame finished. I can’t place this one the jig yet. It will hang an the bunksides that will be installed between the other two frames (we will see in one or two weeks how that works).
This is the first «empty» frame, without a solid plywood back. It was not so easy to align everything accurately, not helped by the frame being wider than the table.

That’s the next frame. This one took a bit longer than the others. There’s a lot of timber on it. The massiv oak beams take the compression loads of the mast, so quite important to do everything right.
This frame acts as watertight bulkhead that separates the Front of the boat from the main «living area».

The frames are not in the exact position yet. I will align them when they are all finished.

So there’s frame number two (numbatou) on the jig

There’s a lot of material in our small loft. It’s not easy to find specific parts. Here’s me looking for part 35S.

Still busy with frame A. Meanwhile I placed the Transom on the jig. It gives a first Impression of the size of the boat. It isn’t big… but neither am I, so that’s a match.

I started at the very back of the boat, the transom.

I glued on all the timbers. I used some weights to press them to the plywood. While I’m building the boat I won’t have time for fitness anyway (good excuse!).

I added fillets where necessary.

Covering the panels in a first layer of epoxy and then sanding them. Painting and sanding is much easier when the panels are laying flat on a table.

My kit has arrived! Looks all perfect. Quite a lot of material. We had to move everything to our «loft», the upper floor of our shed. Climbed the stairs about 50 times!

My cnc-kit is ready for transport:

So we had to move our dinghy out of the way.

My friends will finish it after my Globe5.80 is finished.

Still waiting for my CNC-Kit.
Meanwhile our dinghy is taking shape.