Grumpy post today. Building a wooden boat by hand is usually romanticized (even it is from a kit like mine). Pure woodworkers are on one end of the spectrum and physical/chemical engineers are on the other. I know people at both ends of that spectrum. This boat will be a real head-turner but I am not feeling generous about the process. Here is what I had to do to the nose (‘bow’ in mariner terms) to make it fit.
Most builders of wooden boats have a warm photo of wooden shavings (this is of epoxy/wood), maybe the reason they do this is because they spent so much time and effort on this phase that they need to validate the effort. It is not that I did not enjoy the workout and my temperament obviously needed it, but I felt it would not be right if I did not de-romanticize a little. (golly, I still need to fill in some gaps don’t I?)