Steamed

Finding ways of handling the 3+ meter stringers took a little work, but by the third one I had it down. I did have to switch ends of the poly tubing during the steaming since the most pronounced curves were at the bow and stern.

I am now looking forward to finding other pieces of wood to bend.

I have a sufficient planing and smoothing to do for awhile, before planking.

Once the weather warms and drys I also have a lot of precoating to do.

Steaming away

After a vacation hiatus and waiting for the Rockler steamer to arrive I was able to get back to work. Perfect timing as it looks like I will have little else to do while "sheltering at home" for perhaps a month or more...gulp.

First off was gluing down the bottom which went without a hitch.

Then came the stringer which I had originally tried to do without steaming which did not work.

So after picking up a steamer and poly tubing as advised be Bob Wessel I put my first stringer up this afternoon.

This is a little fitting I fabricated to make the connection with the tubing

The stringer is in place with the poly still on, tomorrow I will pull it off and then make sure it is dry before gluing. The three more I have to do should go a little quicker than the first.