Hello from Finland!
I´m currently building Vardo, whitch is my first boat build. Im in around 50 hours now, if you count all the hours ripping the wood and all. It´s getting on quite nice for my opinion, but i think i might of make a mistake? In the bow end i cut bottom stringers after the last frame (the one that bow assembly is attached). Now after watching some FROG pics on this forum i think those stringers were supposed to be attached to the bow assembly same way as the gunwales are? Does it make the skin go on wrong in the bow if the stringers arent going all the way, but are cut like they are in the stern end? I havent started lashing, so i could still remove the stringers and make another scarf joints on them if it´s recommended?
Another thing that i wanted to ask, is if Alkyd paint would be good choise for polyester skin (original 8oz) or if i should look for some other option. Reason why i would like to use alkyd paint, is that it´s available locally in the colors i would like to use.
Thank you for reading and your feed back!