Dory Bottom

I was hustling to glue up the Dory Bottom in order to get over to the Peabody's house and watch the Red Sox - Yankees game. Linda O'Shea had an interesting week, and I had promised to conjure up some Dark and Stormy's to add a finishing touch. The Dark and Stormy's fit the bill, but the Sox came up short in a disappointing loss.
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The Dory bottom was constructed from four 1x6 select pine, 12 foot boards and a 2 inch 14 foot mahogany board that was glued in the middle to give the appearance of a keel. Dories don't have keels, but the mahogany piece will serve to accent the front and back stems which will be constructed from laminated oak and mahogany strips.
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The template that I made yesterday worked out well, and I biscuit jointed all of the sides of the boards together. In the end, I am happy with the choice of the 1x6's because I was able to alternate the grain and relieve the warping strain, which wouldn't be the case if a single 1x12 was used on each side of the mahogany.
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When the epoxy glue is cured tomorrow morning, I will cut out the bottom, scrape off the excess glue, and start the internal oak frames. I also have to devote some time on the basement tile project, and would love to follow up on Maxfield's tip to find Blues around Thatchers/Milk Island.

Time expensed today on the Dory included 1 hour at Home Depot picking out the pine, 1 hour laying everything out and mapping the template and biscuit joints, and one hour epoxy gluing and clamping. A total of three hours today. Cumulative time is 4 hours for this project. so far.