Dec 4. Prepping for Stitching

Prior to stitching the whole thing together, the sides must be shaped more accurately. A nice curve must be cut into the stem, and the other end must be cut for the raked transom. All of the othe marks for location of the internal ribs and front deck and seats are placed on the sides at this time. I gotta earn you -- It took me 3 tries to get the measurements on the sides right. The author implies that you start measuring from the stem by showing the offsets starting a 0 from there, but when you do that, the height of the peak is 1" too tall. It works out better if you start measuring from the transom end, but that is drought with peril also because you are then measuring backward from 183". It took me three times a multiple remarks to get it right. 

Here are the sides cut and marked (multiply). 

Here is the transom, cut out with close-to-accurate bevels, and a little oversize on the top because I'm not sure the final shape of the transom top yet. 

Ready for stitching.