After the cabin posts were installed (see previous post), we've gotten busy trying to tie them together and get a roof on things. First order of business was to trim all the posts to the same height and notch them for the fore-and-aft stringer. Built a quick jig to mark height and got that done.

Then figured out that I didn't do so well with that and had to re-mark and re-cut several posts. I found that I did much better getting one "right" and then using a long level from that point. Thankfully the ones I goofed on were too long and not too short.

We elected to raise the cabin roof a little from the "design height" for more interior headroom. This is an option that the designer allows for, and I wanted to have a little more room at the outboard sides of the cabin when standing (such as at the steering station).

Initial Cabin Roof layer

Got an initial layer of roof panels on most of the cabin. The forward panel is just sitting in place in that picture. The recommended construction order wouldn't have the cabin roof going on just yet, but since I'm stuck building outside, I am rushing to get things "closed in" a bit more as soon as possible. With at least a basic roof in place, a tarp over the entire thing gives me at least a semi-weather proof hull.

After getting the basics together, this proved valuable with the recent Hurrican/Tropical Storm Fay that came through. We got little wind, but wound up with a lot of rain.