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Skin panels and stringers arrive from the steel supply company on a pallet.
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Smaller components arrive on a separate pallet.
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Panels of hull and deck skin laid out for checking.
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Components of integral tanks to be built in hull bottom over keel.
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Components of intermediate keel floors.
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Steel rails levelled and bolted to slab, forming solid base off which to work. First of 3 external frames that form the building cradle being moved into position.
The cradle is fabricated by the builder to plans supplied with the kit.
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Cradle set up and braced, ready for keel construction to start.
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