The first is a general view of how spoiled I am, with lots of space and some good machinery. We live in a very warm area so working outside is very pleasant for all but a few weeks a year. I am surrounded by native bush with lots of wildlife. This is basically a "lean to" off the huge shed which belongs to one of my Brothers. You can see the 10" sawbench and thicknesser/planer, plus the dust extractor and oscillating spindle sander. If I had my time over, I would buy the bigger dust extractor as it can't really keep up with the thicknesser.
This is the expensive pile. I should have tidied it up before photographing it, but hey, you get what you get with me... I have used about 1/5 of it already to make the frames, chine, keel etc.
This is the assembly area, inside to keep it out of the wind, sun and tropical rain storms. You can see I have put down some sheets of 3mm MDF to keep the concrete clean (about $8 per 8 x 4 sheet) and bolted down the main building form beam. I have made all the form parts, and just need to finish the rames members to thread them over before lining it all up.
To date I have made all the frame sides and bottoms, the stem and the breast hook, and started on the transom. The transom is taxing my little brain trying to visualise the bits where they need to be cut away from the plan line at 20 degrees. I am trying to figure out at present whether the bottom lam is cut away at 20 degrees from the line on the plan, then the top lam is cut away at 20 degrees from the outside line of the bottom lam. I think that is right, but boy is it confuusing me...

Next is to finish the transom frame then make all the curved deck frames and glue the frames together.
Lessons so far:
1. Bigger dust extractor
2. Buy the big carbon tracing paper from Glen-L
3. Buy the fastener kit AND the bronze coach bolts all at once from Glen-L (have to work out the lengths before ordering)
4. Read the plans more carefully and then more carefully again, and then again and again
5. Make sure you neighbour is a woodworking guru (mine is) who has expertise, sharpening equipment full setup....
Overall, the only disappointment is that I am back at work today.

The most difficult so far bits are the transom as already indictaed, and working out which bit of stock to cut which bits from without wasting too much.
I will update as I progress.
Glenn.