I'm close to closing up the seat backs (if the weather doesn't get too cold) and, while fitting things, I ran into a couple of oddities:
1. I have two packs of blocking labelled "Blocking for Sheet Blocks" and "Blocking for Gallows Pole". I assume these are meant to be installed below the seat back tops between the stringers, but they are only 1.5" x 1.5" and the stringers are about 1.75" apart. I would think they really should extend to the hull topside and backrest, with cuts made to fit around the stringers. So are these something else? Also the plans call for the sheeting blocks to extend 10" fore AND aft of the bulkhead, so that implies 4 blocks, and the 'Sheet Block' pack only has two pieces (and they are, maybe, 6" long).
2. I placed the seat tops to see how the lined up and they are at least 1" too wide. I know some 'skin' parts are made a bit big, but this seems a lot. Just want to be sure I'm not missing anything.
We got a warm day here in Virginia, so I installed the transom skirt and put an electric blanket over it to guard against the coming cold while it cures.
I'm enjoying the build. Won't be as nice as the ones I see in the blogs, but I hope I'll learn how to do a decent job by the time I get to the 'show' parts of the finish. I received a CLC catalog the other day and I'm already thinking about my next build....