Priorities

I adjusted the width of the fore-aft stuff to accommodate a cooler between. I didn't want this crucial item neglected until later in the build. You could say the entire boat is built around the cooler, but that'd be only partially correct, I'm sure.

The rest of my diagonal stiffening stuff is bonded in now. I can lift the boat from where I'm standing to take this pic at f169, and the whole side of the boat lifts with no discernible torsion. I'm thinking it'll just get stiffer as the cockpit sole and boat sides go on to further complete the fore-aft girders.

I think I will add some small stringers to the bottom panel between the "girders" seen here- just 1/2" x 1" fir, filleted and wrapped in glass tape.

I've decided to go ahead with putting the cockpit sole in next. I'll still have decent access to the chine fillets through the deck opening, and I'll be able to do a much better job of bonding the underside of the sole to the top of the girders. So the cockpit sole pieces were scarfed and glued up this weekend.

Next is the little stringers, cutting the sole to shape, cutting the cockpit sides to shape (I have left over pieces already scarfed from the hull side panels), coating the stuff that is about to get hard to access, and installing the cockpit parts.