Dean's Shilshole 27

A fillet is necessary on both sides of the bulkheads where they intersect the hull strakes and everywhere else where plywood panels meet.  I...

Composite stringers will be used to add stiffness to the hull and deck.  A groove is cut in the 7/8 inch square spruce stringers to accept a...

The bulkheads are covered with a lighter weight fiberglass cloth than the hull strakes.  Here are the forward bulkheads and some other panel...

Here is the forward end of the keelson, ready for the stem.  The stem is in position before gluing. Clamps and temporary screws hold ...

The keelson was shaped from a 30mm by 50mm piece of spruce about 11 feet long.  It extends forward from the forward side of the keel trunk a...

The #1 hull strakes have been glassed and sanded on both sides. It's now time to wire them together, align them and the keel trunk, and ...

Eric and Paul at Bieker Boats use a design tool called Rhinoceros. They shared this with me.