Gettin' Started - Centerboard Trunk and Noseblock

I'm starting to write this blog about a month after I actually began to build the boat so not many pics.  Anyway, I currently have the centerboard trunk assembled, expoxied up, and sanded down which was fairly straight forward.  However, I overlooked some of the epoxy squeezeout when clamping the centerboard sides to the blocking and had a real mess of a time sanding it down. (well, Dad did anyway...)

Noseblock: Fairly straightforward also.  Epoxied 2 pieces of timber (forgot what kind) together.  Used a table saw, drawknife, block plane, than sandpaper in that order get final form.  Getting a fair curve marked on the top of the noseblock was a little tricky as was cutting it to length on the bandsaw.

The noseblock still needs a little more sanding before install.  See pictures below:

Dad made this ingenious little jig (left of noseblock in picture below) to help stabilize the noseblock while we cut it to length:

Top down view in the picture below....Note the small space behind the noseblock and the centerboard trunk (below the orange clamp).  A small bit of timber needs to be expoxied in there so the lead that is poured into this compartment doesn't drain out.

 Profile view below.  Looks like starboard keel panel may need a little planing down....jeez.