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Quarter knees & seat battens

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Quarter knees fitted. Seat battens and hatch hole doubler added. Progressing slowly but surely.  

Fitting the gunwales

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  Although the timber would bend to shape cold, the tension was quite a lot so a rudimentary steamer was made to ease this tension particularly at the bow. This picture shows how the bend has formed, with a little spring back but not much. Rubbing strips fitted.