Repairing 5156 - Day 9

Well, one snafu is over a week of work ain't bad...

When I was attaching the plank plates to the hull, one of the epoxy-filled holes stripped out. I've never had that happen before. The other plate went on with no problems. "Just to be safe", I glued dowel into all the holes on that side of the hull; I'll drill pilot holes tomorrow and attach the plate when I load the boat on my car tomorrow evening. Everything else went smoothly; I even adjusted the steering to get the tiller centered up in the boat.

Two more hours. Total = 33