I got the second plank on today and I installed one more butt strap on one side of the hull. This butt strap ends up being near another bulkhead so I didn't get to use my router frame as I had hoped. I still used it to mark off where to clamp on stops to limit the router cut but that was all. I used the same approach to the plank installation as yesterday and all went well. I was more careful in marking the pencil lines on the outside over stringers and so I didn't miss with the screws (only used 2). Here is a picture of the plank as installed.
Below is a picture of the router cuts for the butt strap.
And finally the butt strap installation as I left it.
It would be cool if I could get into a rhythm of installing a butt strap and plank a day until done. But I'm dependent on dry weather to cut planking blanks.
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