Ready to Build

I spent this week resolving the error I discovered in my plans.  At first, I tried the builder's forum at Bear Mountain Kayaks.  Unfortunately, it seems that most people have purchased to full-size prints, and didn't experience that stray point I found.  I got an e-mail back from Joan of Bear Mountain Kayaks, and she forwarded my plea to the boat's designer, Steve Killing.  Most of me expected to get blown off, or, at the very least, a terse response with minimal assistance.  Instead, he took my drawings and overlaid his originals showing where the corrections needed to be made.  Now I have a complete, accurate set of drawings.
Drawings in hand, I finally put them down on the plywood molds.  Some builders suggest transferring the lines to the wood, but I thought, why not just glue them down?  After lunch at the in-laws, I set about cutting the forms, ready to mount up tomorrow.

By the time I finally got to the bandsaw to cut the forms, I was a bit tired.  I already tore through two of the papers by being too aggressive with the jigsaw.  Rather than risk a mistake, I cut wide and cleaned up the forms with a disc sander.  It actually worked better this way, as the sander left a smoother edge than the bandsaw-- less chance of splinters later.