June 14, 2009
The Starboard side Bottom planking has been glued and screwed and Port side planking have been cut and temporarily screwed down, I'm removing them two at a time to glue and nail them.
I'm at the stage that I'm considering adding a Bow Thruster and my question is where to position the thruster. My current thought is to install it just aft of Frame 7 about six inches. I chose this location to avoid cutting into the battens and to keep the Thruster Tunnel below the DWL. However I will have to cut into the stem about three inches to install the 5" Thruster tunnel. I've included a few pictures with the position of the Tunnel (I used my leaf blower Tunnel to demonstrate the location), I've also include a picture of the plans page 3 of 5 with the intended location called out.
