Almost all ready for interior paint and floors.. I’m thinking 1/2 inch varnished pine would do the trick.

Ye olde rudder shaped and varnished, ready for hardware.

Ye olde Rudder commeth. It’s a bit ugly but it’ll clean up after sanding beveling and varnishing!

This is my solution to access the bow eye. It’s “low profile.”

Here’s a shot of the two rudder halves being glued together. I used a piece of fiberglass tape on the longer, forward part of the rudder to stiffen it up a little.

This will do for a rudder. Check out the freshly varnished rub rails. This was just before I put a good dent in it trying to move the bandsaw.

Here’s a shot during the glue-up. I used vintage cut nails to avoid splitting toward the ends. Plus they look cool! Hopefully whoever sees this thing next will look over the craftmanship just as I did and appreciate my work.

Here is a before and after treatment of the pine boards I used. Good, quality, $1.25 per foot pine.. I love this stuff!

This is what came out of there! There’s no telling how long it had been in there deteriorating.

Today I took on a mini-project. This hole below the sink allows access to the adjacent bathroom’s tub. It was covered by a piece of painted and chipped plywood.

Thin piece of decking to make a decent rail on which to sit.

Added some support here.

Belt sanded it all smooth. It’s interesting to see how the joinery overlaps.

Bout to glue this thing on.

Gluing on the gunwales.