A little commentary on the evening's work.
Jim Allen said it was tough hanging planks alone, so I got me some help. I used clamps and short pieces of lumber to hold the plank in place while I made sure it was aligned correctly (there were 2 of these)
I cut out "fingers" to help keep the plank off of the garboard and keep it from smearing epoxy all over the place. There was one on each station except the midship frame. I rotated them as I worked out from the midship frame when it was time to seat the plank onto the garboard.
Here are my waxed plywood washers. These went under the garboard to help pull the two planks together when I put a screw through them and into the washer.
Here is the setup viewed from a couple steps back.
This is my bead of thickened epoxy applied with a sandwich bag with a corner snipped off. I did slap a quick coat of epoxy on the two planks where they were to overlap before applying the bead.
Here is the plank epoxied in place. The dabs of epoxy are tack holes (from the batten used to cut the plank) filled with epoxy.
These next two pics show the good bead of epoxy that filled the slight gap between the #2 plank and the garboard plank.
I did not have a lot of squeeze out on the underside of the planks. I'm not too worried as I plan to add a small fillet at the joints when I turn the hull.
I did not use a batten to "fair" the two planks. They went together very nicely. At the stations I used ratchet straps and pieces of wood to pull down the plank and put pressure where needed. I used screws to pull the planks together between stations. The gaps were very slight. I plan to use a batten for planks 3-5.
Hopefully, I'll get the matching plank hung next week.
Hanging this plank was a big deal to me. For now, I'm satisfied.
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