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Brad: I also had hogged chines in the bow of my Ravenswood upon initial assembly. If I remember correctly, I trimmed a bit (1/4" or 3/8") off the upper edges of notches on the first frame until the chine lay fair. Photo is attached showing alignment after adjustment. Fair winds, Andy

Well the easy way out is machine screws, finish washers backed up with a black sink faucet washer against the plexiglass on the outside with the acorn nuts and flat washers on the inside is not that bad looking. Just make sure you drill your holes a wee bit oversized and add a bit of acrylic latex caulk around the fastener before securing the fasteners in place. You will still need to bed the glass against the plywood, and that's not always leak proof. You can run a router around the rim creating a small rabbit on the outside and this will give you a better seal when you add flex caulk between the glass and plywood.

Thanks for the input. It's hard to tell from that picture, but the chine stringer is deformed "vertically" -- up away from the waterline, rather than being forced against the frame in an effort to meet it at a 90 degree angle. It's as though the notch in the frame is too high by 1/4 or 3/8". I take your point though. In general I avoid fasteners on the chines and keel, but that frame was an exception.

Well it got wet today, only took me 6 months to do it LOL. Pics are not great as they were taken from the deck by my step mom on her phone but the general idea is there. Boat ran very well in my mind, gets a little slippery in the turn but i think that might be due to the fact that right now it has a 13" prop on it for the maiden voyage. not very good numbers due to tiny prop. 3200 rpm it planned out at 18 knots. 4000 rpm 21knots and 5200 30knots. Now i have run it for 4 or 5 hrs i will go to the motor riggers with those numbers and come back with a proper prop and will get some far better numbers i think. All in all was fun and the boat ran great

Spindrift 11n onboard... Thank God she fits nicely.

Yes she floats... Thank you guys for the plans and all the info you shared. Thank you Alan for all the help. Even though she is not 100% finished, I had to go for vacations so I will do the rest afterwards. Cheers.