Straightening the keel

| July 4, 2006

To straighten the keel, I’m trying a method I’ve read about: I’ve placed the keel, which is made of high-grade plywood, into a ziplock bag with a damp sponge. This should loosen up the glue which binds ply to ply just enough for the keel to straighten out, assisted by a pair of flat surfaces […]

The real beginning

| July 3, 2006

I began by examining the box and its contents. Everything looked complete and intact. The main keel/backbone piece, however, is slightly warped. Building a ship around a warped keel will probably yield a warped ship, so it might behoove a fellow to attempt to straighten the keel.