Transom Sheathing

First up is the transom. As with virtually all the plywood sheathing, cut it a little oversize and trim it to fit later. I clamped these pieces on rather than using screws -- fewer screw-holes to fill later.

Tunnel Sides

When I built the original Dillon Mini, I installed the tunnel plank first and then the tunnel sides. In retrospect it would have been a little easier to do it the other way around, so that is how I will describe it here. The photos will not quite reflect my descriptions, but it all comes out the same in the end.

So, next is the tunnel sides. Make sure your tunnel side plywood is wide enough so that later it can be beveled off to match the angle of the sponson keel. In fact, before you start on the tunnel plank, you will want to do that beveling job, at least from about frame 1 to the stem.