First 2 floor battens attached

The time finally came to un-screw frames 2 and 4 from the construction form.

The frames had been attached to the construction form in order to prevent them from moving and thus causing misalignment problems. That's all fine and good. However, the way I attached them to the construction form created a bit of a dilemma concerning the floor battens.

Middle batten attached, clamped to levels in order to keep it flat.

So, my plan was to first attach the middle floor batten, because it is outside the attachment point / problem area. Then, I would unscrew the frames & remove the blocking. I figured that with the keel and one floor batten attached, the frames would be held in position securely.

After that, I'd attach the inner floor batten.

This photo shows how frame #2 is attached to the form: blocking is screwed to the spreader, and the frame is screwed to the blocking.

Same thing with frame #4.

This photo shows the dilemma. If I don't remove the blocking, I'll likely glue both the frame and the floor batten to it permanently.

Blocking removed; lines drawn on the batten showing where to apply epoxy.

Here, the inner batten is clamped to levels in order to keep it straight. The middle batten is already attached. Notches have not yet been cut for the outer batten.

Shim to improve fitting at the transom notch.

Inner batten attached. It's clamped into position as the epoxy cures.