Progress

Forward rib patch, showing the kind of 3-dimensional form required
 to follow the hull shape.

   A frantic weekend as I'd booked Dave's help for today, and then decided to replace a couple of extra ribs at the forward end.  They weren't cracked or rotten, but it looks as though there had been no floorboards there for many years, the bottoms of them are trampled to ribbons.  They were, however, long and twisted, so they took most of Saturday evening to reproduce.  One I made in two halves to keep the grain as straight as possible through the length of the rib.

   Got up early this morning and went nuts with the primer and CEPS and, drilling holes in floors and so on.  Dave showed up at 11 and we riveted in the four rib patches that were ready to go, then two of the floors.  The little links I made to join the ribs over the keelson were glued and screwed in place.

   The engine beds are rough-cut to length and propped in place to check the alignment of the new floors.  When these are all fixed in place (next weekend?) I'll be able to remove the heavy-looking banana-style ones - yay - and start whittling away at the engine beds.  Looking forward to that.