Lining the hull, part 2

Lining Albatros' hull continued today. The glue was more cooperative, although that might've stemmed from me being more liberal in applying it. I also started putting it on the back of the lining rather than on the hull, where I suspect too much was being absorbed either by the planks or drawn away by capillary action in the gaps between them. Unfortunately, I did have one major snag, literally.

The middle dark lining broke. I trimmed it back, along
with its neighbors, then ran another liner along a
different arc to make things reconnect. You can also
see a gap I'll fill later with some leftover trimmings.

I'd left the linings at the bow longer than they'll ultimately be. The idea was they'd eventually be trimmed and filed down to make room for a few pieces that get piled on top of them; I left the excess figuring it'd be better to trim down once I reach that step. Unfortunately, while reorienting the ship, one of those excess lengths caught my leg and snapped a large chunk of lining off. Damn!

I wasn't very interested in doing a patch similar to the one I'd done for the gunwale. For one thing, the bow is extremely curved, and I'm uncertain about how easily I could manipulate a small sliver to follow the contour. So, instead, I trimmed back the broken lining and an adjacent one, and swooped up another piece of lining to intersect and reach the bow. I'll mirror on the other side, then work up and down from there. (Chances are I'll create another lower "master" line about halfway from the current low point and the keel, just to help keep things looking symmetric.)