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Building the 'Piragua' - continued:
Using a mast tube offcut makes setting up the mast partners/gate much easier.	The mast gate has been template routed
Here a final check before drilling, the gate is held in place via two M6 threaded rods	The forward floor stiffeners have a fair bit of twist so I 'pre-twisted' them for a few days
they conformed well after that and with a few weights were easy to glue down.	They look quite smart now, I just have to paint a bit of epoxy on to seal them.
The next step was to make up breasthook and quarter knees and glue the foredeck and breasthook on.	Weights and clamps removed, the pointy end looks pretty good now.
Dry fitting the quarterknees. It is best to leave them a little proud of the gunnel so one can fair the transition.	After the glue has set I could plane and sand the gunnel and round everything off with the router.

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