Lucas attacked the final construction of the hull: the shell plating. Consisting of small slats glued together, Lucas wants them to be as tight as possible so that he doesn't see the glue between each slat. Indeed, if the glue is visible, the varnished finish with exposed wood is not aesthetic. To avoid seeing the glue, each batten must be adjusted so that it is flush with the previous one.
A precision work that Lucas does with a planer, batten by batten. As a result, the assembly of the hull is long since it is necessary to wait for the gluing and drying of the previous one before starting the next one.
Lucas announces 1 hour of work to install a batten. And then you have to wait until the glue dries before starting the next one. A long work of halene, but which will ultimately give the impeccable finish wanted by the budding marine carpenter Lucas.
