Fairing

Took to the bow area with the power plane and then the disc sander.  I am very happy with the result.  It all looks pretty symetrical, and althogh some of the battens don't end as tidyly as I like, I think it will all end up ok.

I then start on the battens to the read of the boat.  Surprisingly there are hollows between each of the frames.  I have taken most of those out with a hand plane.

I'm a little bit unsure of just how perfect the fairing process needs to be.  I have sought advice from the Glen - L forum but had no useful responses.

So I moved on to other things.  I cut out the ply for the first layer of the transom.  I have cut it out oversize, with the plan being to trim it down after its been glued in place.