Planking finished...

Last board on.  Kind of looks like it's s'posed to... 

Somes Sound 12.5 in backyard, Hong Kong.

This is why wife Jing is a touch annoyed about this,
taking over the patio where she wants to hold parties...

Not too bad, I'm kind of pleased with it.  Looks a lot like the photos...  Mind you, I wouldn't want to have other builders of the Somes Sound 12.5, like its designer John Brooks, or Dave in California, to have too close a look. She's a touch beamier and more flared forward than the plans.  Not deliberately, mind, but because of my imperfect bevelling technique from plank #3 onwards. (once one plank didn't meet the mold, the subsequent ones were impossible to meet the mold...)
Dave, meantime, has nearly finished his gorgeous version of this little beauty.
Next: to put in the Centreboard box, then on with the Outer Stem, Keel, Deadwood and Keel filler, before she's turned over.

Putting on last board

Arlene gluing #8, last week.
Today (26 October), we put on the last
board, the "Sheerstrake".  Then, a few bits
and pieces, like keel, and turn over.

Have been away for a while, racing our "other boat",  Xena, in the China Coast Regatta and the race to Hainan Island.  That is, we've been "going for a yacht", as our Kiwi crewmates say.
Just back a few days ago.  Racing with some success, having won our Division of the China Coast Race and now the China Coast Race Week Regatta, for which all we had to do was finish in the race from Hong Kong to Hainan Island in China.  Nice start photo here.

Boarding (Planking) ...

Garboard and #2

#3

#4

#5 and Starboard #6

The cardboard pattern we use for planking, each one
measured up for the relevant plank.  Seems to work.
Note the two dogs: our technical advisers: Marcus
and Basil (with cone to stop him scratching himself)