Garboard and Strake fitted

This part of the garboard was chiselled on a sharper angle (excuse the pun) which is called a "box landing". The strake which is the next plank to go on has to fit flush and this is the best way to achieve that. 

 Using a spoke shave, another excellent tool, the garboard is planed at the angle of the station which the strake will lay upon.


Then once this depth has been gauged I planed all the way along the garboard keeping to the angle where I spoke shaved.

Here is the garboard ready for the strake to be fitted.. the join will be soaked in resin then more resin with thixatrope applied before being joined.

Nails and tape used here to keep the join tight. I nailed the strake plank on at all the stations which worked well. Tape can help close the gaps too. Another very effective technique is screwing into a block behind the plank, thus pulling the two planks together.

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