Virginia 1819 build log – Part 3

The bulkheads were glued in, making sure they were square to the false keel.

Next are the two pieces which form the area at the stern under the transom. The first is the final bulkhead piece which will sit at an angle when attached, unlike the other bulkhead pieces that are vertical. I marked a line at the point where the deck will sit on this piece. Then I filed a bevel into this piece so that the deck can lay flat on it.

Stern piece beveled
Stern piece beveled


The next piece is to be glued to the first and will be shaped with a curve below. It was not immediately clear how the two pieces should be glued together. The deck needs to touch both pieces, so it looked like the second piece would also need to be filed down. However, if the two pieces are glued together with their side contours matching up, the second piece will sit too low to touch the deck. I checked other build logs of this ship, and it looks like the correct action is to glue the piece a little higher so that it will fully touch the deck. Even though the outer curves of the pieces will not match, I think they will get smoothed together during the fairing step.

Here are the two pieces glued together.

Stern pieces glued together
Stern pieces glued together

And a shot of everything waiting for the glue to dry.

Pieces glued and waiting to dry
Pieces glued and waiting to dry

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