The floors are the beams upon which the deck boards lie. They are made from Utile, an African hardwood.
I cut the floors out quite early in the build whilst I could still get the shape from the moulds (molds). In the picture below the floors are the dark pieces of wood clamped to the bottom of the moulds.
Yesterday I offered-up the floors and began finishing them off to give a snug fit to the rounded hull.
Today I cut out the Transom Knee: the triangular bracket that ties the transom to the hog
The plans call for a knee that is either cut from a solid piece of timber, or laminated Marine Ply. Accordingly I cut out 5 pieces of ply, getting their shape by using a cardboard template: the angle between the transom and hog is greater than 90 deg.
These five pieces will be glued together to form a laminated knee, two inches thick.
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