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Building the 'Sinbad 2' kit - continued:
Fitting the bow transom and forepeak bulkhead: The curvature of the bottom panels is more than the 6mm plywood will freely take up, so it is necessary to apply heat with a heat gun. Heat only the inside, which is the compression side. At the bow transom heat near top, chine and stem with the wire ties fairly tight. When the ply is hot, tighten wire ties. To fit the forepeak bulkhead, play the heatgun across the whole forward area up to a little past the forward bulkhead position. The recommended temperature for bending solid timber is about 93°C (200°F). Plywood seems to take the shape at a lower temperature. If one heating/cooling cycle is not enough, repeat.
The bow transom is fitted with wire ties, screw technique won't work as there is too much strain for the screws to pull in the plywood edges, except at the outwale.	During heating and in the cooling down period these weights provide the bending pressure. Pieces of hardboard protect the ply. Weights can be removed once the forepeak bulkhead has been wired in.
The bulkhead is wired in with ties into the bottom and topside panels and one screw each into the solid timber. Glass strips are ready for filletting and glassing.	All seams on the inside of the buoyancy box were glassed in one operation.
Glass tapes cut to size for the chines and keel.	Those seams are now epoxied.
Mid-bulkhead glassed in. The re-fitted aft section acts as support for the forward mid-bulkhead.	Gluing on of cleat for forward thwart support. Spreader and extra long clamp nearly obscure the cleat.
Inboard end of support has a cleat on the daggerboard case.	Support dry-fitting, plywood thwart used to position. Round off bottom edges before gluing in.

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