November 5
Cut the stem from hackmatack and the set it up on the strongback. Puzzled over how the stem and keelson are fit together.


Drew the rabbet, apex and bearding lines on the stem and transferred them to the other side also. Started to chisel it out.


We keep looking back and forth between the old boat and the new boat. Since I decided I didn't want to take the old boat apart, we have to find a creative solution.

November 4
Cut the rest of the chine notches from the molds, and also cut where the keelson will rest. Beveled all mold surfaces. Picked out a piece of hackmatack for the stem and drew it on from pattern.


Rick prepared the oak for the transom by doweling two pieces together. He then epoxyed and clamped the two pieces together and Celeste drew the shape of the transom on by tracing around the pattern.

Halloween
Beveled the station molds and drew on them where the chinelog will fall. Then cut that shape out of the station molds.


A gypsy appeared to assist on this last day of October.