The sketch for the forefoot and keel came from Howard Chapelle's book. The mould came from John Gardner's Building Classic Small Craft (with one section removed to make the pram short enough to carry on a transom). The planks above still need to be trimmed to the forward transom. They're not that bad.
Who can resist a lapstrake hull?
I remember waiting for a year until my son was old enough to help with the rivetting.
It's always great fun fitting knees.
The recess in the gunwales is for the installation of a rope for abrasion protection. This needs trimming and a small, curved cap on the forward transom. I left it off until completion to make it easier to handle the pram without damaging anything.
Yes, that's plexiglass, bonded into place with WEST System epoxy.
Some assembly required.
There's even a stopwater in there to keep the keel from leaking.
As I recall, the sternpost fits into a mortise in the keel. It's strong.
The steel screws you see should be removed and replaced with brass. They don't last, but they go in better initially, though.
The white stain on the keel is from getting dragged over a sheet of gypsum board on the way into the haymow.
