SOF Construction - Page 5

	McKinley pulling ribs from the steam box.
She clearly no longer needs me in the process. Seeing as a large part of starting this project was for us to build a boat together, it was really great to have her both involved and interested.
	Nearly done with the ribs.
The frame with all of the ribs, except one. We tried to bend rib 1 about 10 times with no success. We decided we would use a 2-part rib there instead.
	The ribs pegged, but not trimmed.
Pegging the ribs.
	The bow stem, rib #1, and keelson.
Rib #1 installed as a two-piece rib.
	The bow "cutwater".
The stern and keelson. There are a couple of temporary spacer blocks in between the keelson and the last few ribs. We are now about 17 hours into the build.

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