Setting the Stations up
A strong back is used to hold each form in alignment during the building process. I had this 16' plywood beam from my pervious kayak build, but it had gotten a little loose and wiggly sitting outside for 6 years. I added 54" to one end, and went over the entire thing adding bracing plates, half a box of drywall screws and misc. brad nails. Finally I pulled out the belt sander to clean up the top surface to remove any old globs of glue and make it easier to see layout lines.
Next I ripped down some 2x4's to make little mounting blocks for the risers that will hold each station. I made a little bridge so a base string line can run under without touching any thing and throwing off the line. I spaced the blocks at 32cm per the drawing spec. and used a square to ling each block up perpendicular with the string line.
To wrap up my weekend I loosely clamped a few of the stations in place, just to get a little sneak peak of what the hull is going to look like. I'll need to run a top string line and mark center lines of each of the riser blocks before the stations get mounted permanently. It's almost time to start building the actual kayak!