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Don't forget about the gunnel color poll above.  See the post below for information and links to see the different colors! 

Yesterday and today were spent working on the last seat compartment.  We don't have hinges yet, so it's not installed, but it's all ready for when we do get the hinges.  We first got the plywood seat top to fit between the side seats, cutting with the jig saw then sanding the edges down until it fit nicely.  Then we built a frame out of 1x2 (approx) for the under side of the plywood.  In order for the seat framework to fit down into the frame below, we had to cut out notches, using the Japanese hand saw, the jig saw, the coping saw, and the Japanese hand saw again (this is the best saw ever)!  

Here's the seat with frame attached, fitting in well.  We glued the frame onto the plywood today, and somehow it got shifted just a tiny bit.  When we did a dry run, it fit perfectly into the notches, with a little room to spare (we had to cut one notch out a little bit more), but now there is a slight resistance to fitting down into a notch - so some sanding will be called for.  

We also worked on the trailer bunks.  After screwing one almost all the way down, I realized that I wasn't able to put enough weight down on the top of the bunk to close the gap between the bunk and the runners it is supposed to rest on.  Daddy tried standing on it while we screwed it down, but even then it wasn't closing all the way, so we tried a couple clamps.  That did the trick.

Then we put the carpeting on.  Lots of staples along the edges as we pulled it tight, and nails at the ends where the carpeting overlapped and was thick.

Now we're ready to get the boat back on the trailer and see how the mast works in the new slot we drilled for it in the deck.
Daddy also spent a lot of today while I was gone sanding and putting in more fillets along seat edges and seat sides and the bottom of the boat and glued the drain hole into the transom.  Right now as I take a break from the mosquitoes, he is out there routing the seats.  Wait...here's a photo:

(Note those nice brown fillets in the background!)