Return of the Mischievous Poltergeist

Its amazing the things that occur during the construction of such a project ,  tools that you put down for a second amazing disappear for long periods at a time , only to be found later ( or sometimes not at all ) in a totally bizarre place . How did they get there !! . Either a Mischievous Poltergeist is playing games with me or looks like i need to tidy up my workspace again ! .

We have started to skin the BEAST ,

This is the first of the two layers of 12mm plywood , the rear section was done in a single sheet , the forward part is done in 150 mm strips due to the twist in this section ( due to a rather deep forefoot ) . This changeover is also marked in the change in the chine as the connection between the sides and the bottom changes from an overlapping joint to a butt joint .  The strips aren't glued into place as yet , just held by a couple of screws , the angular pattern creates a concave shape in the strips so I let them stress relief in the shape for a day before i glue them  , makes the gluing easier . The second layer goes on using a reverse angle creating a convex curve which holds them  nice and tight to the first layer .

Managed to secure a shipment of marine plywood at a good price , so got a test shipment of 25 sheets , stuff looks good so I will attempt to get some more , but am seriously running out of space , there is now even less room between the boat  and the walls of the shed .

Hopefully should make a bit of progress this week as have manged to take a few days off work , between taking my son to the go-carts , and the other maintenance work that needs to be done around the place , here's hoping anyway .