Once the glue had dried, we drilled and lashed them (insert pic).
I was skeptical that these short ribs would be able to make such a sever bend without steaming. In the end, they peeled away from the stem a little, but worked much better than I imaged. I also considered making a little block to go between the rib and the stem, but once the rib was bent, the angle was very complex so I decided to leave it.
While at the Vancouver Boat Show, I had the chance to take a look at one of the Dream Catcher boats built by Brian Chandler himself. I was interested in the bow and stern ribs. He's done them quite differently than in his instructional video as you can see in the pic below. His are more straight, and ours come up on a curve. However, I'm sure both styles are fine.
Then it was on to the half ribs. The point of half ribs is to give the floor a bit more stability.
Here we are with all the half ribs cut and zip tied in place.
We lashed them in place with this new and improved lashing pattern.
T = Top
B = Bottom
L = Left
R = Right
u = Under
o = Over
TL u BL o TL u BR o TL u BR o TR u BR o TL u BL o TR u BL o TR u BR - over to next TL
Now we turn our attention back to the filler bits that sit a bit proud. We decided that we will belt sand them down until they are flush with the ribs. In a perfect world, this shouldn't be necessary. Anyway, at the end of the day, they came out pretty well, and the filler was flush with the ribs.
