First Strips

I found some leftover pine and milled 3/16 x 3/8 strips.

I was surprised/pleased to see that the strips fell on the sheer & waterline strips almost perfectly fair, with very little need for adjustment. I also repeated last year's technique for aligning the keel strip.
My pawlonia wood also came in. Nice stuff! The boards are a full  1" thick, planed, not the usual "one inch" that's really 3/4". I looked at it a while to figure out how to work it. I decided to plain-saw the boards, then saw to 5/8". The grain pattern isn't really that strong from either side.
The boards I ordered are 8'. Its going to be Scarf Joint City. 😉