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Back from the grave and nearly complete!
Hello All!
A fast approaching move abroad has lit a fire under me and I am getting close to the end. I was able to solve my bottom panel snafu by slightly twisting the bottom panel to use the extra oversized area where I had it. Because I hadn't yet glued the buttstraps I was able to modify them to make them wider to provide sufficient gluing area on each side when I made them perpendicular to the new centerline. Fit them wide enough to have the narrower side panel buttstraps centered above. You can see the results in the pic below.
Now I am about to start on the rails and have two little questions.
1- Browsing pictures online I don't see many of the side arms poking up between the spacers. How do people recommend arranging the spacers? Right now I have them arranged with the side arms popping up between a few of the spacers. That sounds like what Mik intended, and I assume it will look fine. I am a bit gunshy because the rails are such an important piece of the beauty of the boat. Don't want to screw it up!
2- Planning for oarlock sockets, or whatever others recommend for fixing the oarlocks. Some how these are also oddly hard to find in pictures online. Planning to use a top mount socket placed as specified in the plans. Can I put that in a 70mm spacer or do I go oversize for that spacer? Are there other simple/elegant solutions?
Thanks for your help!
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