Thanks very much for you comments Samson much appreciated.

But I have to note that I made some mistakes that I will have to rectify,
I put a line of nails by accident on pic 1 and 2 from the left row 8 at the center that should not be there and row 5 at the top from the left is crooked and the tenth board from the top after the cargo hold hole has been done as a 4 butt not a 3 butt and some of the short boards from the left have no nail holes the 1st 3rd & 5th boards from the bottom rear are missing nail holes and boards 1 & 3 at the rear top are also missing nail hols as well so if you are doing this take care and take photos and go over them with great care 2 or three times.

I will have to make some sawdust mix and fill in the holes to hide the marks and then redo them properly.

If anyone is interested I make it into a paste 1 part PVA wood glue to 1-2-3 parts sawdust of the same variety of wood I am using.

Now depending on how dry I need the mix or how thin a coat i need. The rule of thump is the deeper or wider the gap the thicker or drier the mix needs to be if that helps anyone who wants to make and use it, it has may uses and is a trick of the trade to us cabinetmakers.

I used this mix in my SOTS build on the small Launch which is here.

Eugene.

Well done mate - looks really nice !!!

Thanks For the comments Mate much appreciated.

Finally all of the decking is done.





Eugene.

Thats a nice looking deck

Jase

Hi Eugene.

Popped in to see what you're up to with this build.

It's all looking very professional mate.

Regarding your sawdust and PVA fill. I used it myself early in the build when a clamp caused a depression. Good thing is once dry it sands down very smooth and better than filler in larger requirements.

Keep up the great work. Will look in again as you progress.

Regards

George

Thanks Jase

Yep it works a treat George and thanks for the encouragement.

I got sick of gluing and cutting so I decided to do some shaping instead just to break up the monotony.

As you can see from all of the shavings I did most of the work in about 1/2 hr with the razor plane it makes short of allot of work then I used a rasp file flat/round and then a fine file Flat/Round and then finished off with some sanding and will need a few little fills here and there but fine.







Now to try and clean up the mess before the wife sees it.

Eugene.

Nice work there Eugene, should take a lot of hassle out of laying the planks.
Definitely worth the effort. Well done
Happy building
David