Fairing, Day 484: Tribulations of a Transom

Finally... another minuscule milestone along our far-flung foray into fairing.

I've finally got the port side of the transom even with the chine. Behold, the glory of it all:

This view...

That view...

And also some good progress along the chine, with the "wrinkles" fore and aft of Frame #2 mostly gone.

A brief waste of time down memory lane

The transom for my Glen-L Zip still has a long way to go. But, it has come a long way, too...

From cutting the parts out of rough-cut mahogany

To sanding them smooth, and saving the mahogany dust

To shaping them symmetrically

To the initial cut of the transom knee, and the first layer of 1/4" plywood

To rough-cutting the second layer of plywood

and laminating them together for the first 1/2" piece

To sanding away the Raptor staples

and test-fitting the pieces

and gluing them together

and sanding the transom cutout at 5:00 am

and trimming the top edge

and sanding the faces of the frame pieces

To making the 10° cutouts for the chine and sheers

To the 12° cutout for the keel

To fitting the keel

and fitting the transom knee

and drilling the transom knee

and installing the transom knee

To marking the notches for the floor battens

And making the 12° cuts for the floor battens

and fitting the floor battens

to installing the floor battens

and installing the starboard chine

and fairing the starboard chine

To installing the port chine

and fairing the port chine...

...and fairing the transom to match...

It has been a long journey. But, there is still much, much work to be done.

So, what's next? Currently, I'm back to working on the keel, trying to flatten it out a little more. 

It will get there, too.

Eventually.