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Building the 'Piragua' - continued:
Gluing the seat tops on - all in one go. Batteries provide part of the pressure	clamps are used where they can be applied. Two temporary struts ensure straightness of seat tops. (By the way, I was curious and weighed the batteries afterwards - 300kg!)
View forward shows the mid seat and	the top of the daggerboard case with its ply top.
Next day all the weights and clamps were removed. While the epoxy was green, some excess epoxy was scraped off.	The plywood was purposely left to overshoot the framework underneath so the flush trim bit of the router could be used to square it off exactly.
The daggerboard slot was opened up with a jigsaw and by tilting the router to the angle of the slot, this was trimmed back too.	The previously squared off edges were then rounded and all the seat surfaces given a seal coat.
The mast base is made up of a number of laminations. Two dowels driven through all laminations ensure the parts stay aligned while the glue sets.	The three base layers were individually dry-fitted and needed little final fit-up after gluing. The four parts of the socket were template routed. Note the dowels..

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