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I have one drain plug on the port side of the keel. It works just fine. Any excess water on the other side of the keel can easily be sopped up with a towel if need be

Nice work. You'll have fish guts in there in no time.

Wow look at all those frames. Nice.

Yup, that will do the trick!

Hey, Michael, I was just thinking about you and your zip project the other day. Glad you have not given up on the hobby. The cruiser sounds like a great idea. That's my plan for the next one.

All the best to you as you turn the page on a new chapter.

Either more plywood gussets or a sizeable butt block the same material as the frames should sufficiently mate the two sides.

Yeah you should extend the build form to support your transom. You can cut the build form stringers at 12 degrees. And you can go ahead and mount the knee to your transom.

Happy 4th y'all!

Once you get the frames, transom, and stem all lined up in the building form and locked down, then take a measurement for the keel. I still have about a 12inch cutoff from my keel that lives on my workbench. Almost all of the measurements on the BOM will be longer than what is actually needed.

I did a lot of boatbuilding in shorts and flip flops during the hot NC summers.

Go ahead and assemble the breasthook. You don't need to worry about the strongback until after the flip. So I wouldn't worry about notching anything just yet. There is probably a location on the plans for the dash but you can move it around a little at your discretion.

There is a sticker in the glove box of my Silverado. It shows the max weight of a slide in camper. 800 lbs for my truck. You might check and see if it's listed somewhere for yours.

I'd say if you can get one a short shaft will look way better on a zip than a long shaft. It's such a low sleek hull. They are great little boats.

You can rabbet the breasthook, the strongback, or both. There won't be a dimension for this. It just all has to end up fair. I don't really have any advice except that by the time you get to that point I think you'll understand what to do. You don't really need to worry about it at this point in the...

Congratulations! Did you get any pictures?

You can get the cloth here:
http://store.raka.com/3k2x2twill13x13co ... x50in.aspx

Maybe call and ask them if they have a recommendation on how to apply it.