Lots of progress here at Chez sluggo. I've finished stripping one half of the hull and have to turn the bilge and fill in the football on the port side. The strips at the stem where it turns the bilge were the most difficult to fit but I think it will work out okay. I used staples at the football, for no real reason other than it was fun and quick to use another clamping method.
You can see 1 butt joint in this picture, I think the boat will only have 3 butt joints in total, other than the accent strip. I wanted to utelize all of the cedar that I brought into the garage. I think I used 4 bundles corresponding to approximately 4 boards 3/4x7"x19'. I have 4 or 5 more bundles left for my next boat
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, and I only paid $120 for all the wood. The wood grain is fantastic although the board size and planing wasn't great. Some of the planks were closer to 1/2" rough planed. In terms of stripping, I think the biggest challenge I faced was using boards that weren't finished planed.
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Notice the prodigious bike fleet. That's a Gios Torino with 50th anniversary gold plated Campagnolo blue and white bike there, nestled between a fine selection of Rocky Mountain bikes and Trek carbon fibre road bike.