Now that the boat is upright it's time to figure out the interior. We will need four thwarts, (which will be the seats), a rear bench, a bow breasthook, ten knees and floorboards.
My plan is to fabricate and fit into place temporarily, every part I need for the interior on this boat. Once that is done I will take it all apart and finish each part individually and have them ready like a kit. This should result in a nice looking interior.
I decided to use laminated thwarts and in the picture above you can see some of the cedar boards cut for the four seats. After I cleared out the leftover debris from the destroyed station molds I was happy to see that the interior surface of the boat was pretty smooth already and would only need minimal sanding.
The breasthook and the knees are made using the form patterns in the Glen-L plans but you will need to custom fit them to the contours of your boat. In order to eliminate a lot of trial and error cutting I made some templates from the work by taking a few scraps of wood, setting them in place with a drop of glue at the joint and letting it dry.
In the next post we'll see how the breasthook and knees are made.
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