Progress!
FIRST, AN EXPLANATION: How the parts go together . . . . 
A LITTLE STRATEGIC SANDING (not much)
DRY FIT FIRST; CLAMP DRILL SCREW
FIRST TEST FIT....
FIRST PART OF THE FRAMEWORK
Design, drawing, lofting, checking everything, checking again . . . Perfect fits.
YEAHHHHH!!!!
NEXT:
A FEW MORE PARTS, INCLUDING THE BOTTOM. THEN PLANKS.
About this new boat:
She’s a completely new, seriously fun, and quite a bit different design
that we’ll be bringing to the Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbor show this year
(and, we hope, to the WoodenBoat Show next year.)
We’re designing this boat from the beginning to be available as a kit
(as well as built boats and, eventually, plans)
She is fun for everyone to build . . . and to sail.
This first boat will be our family boat.
The kids are all helping build Zip, and they can’t wait to sail her!
(Neither can we, and we have quite a group of friends,
young and older, who’ll be dropping by the shop,
and who are looking forward to launch day as well.)
We’re not sure where we’ll located at the show yet
though we know we’re on land, probably nearish the water
(when they tell us where our spot is we’ll post that here.)
But you’ll have no problem:
to find us at the show, just look on land for the black boat
with red (really truly honestly red) sails (main & jib)
carrying a black flying dragon.
