7Glue and nail the walnut side waterways 30 to the main deck 25, leaving a space of 8mm to the outer edge of the main deck. On the bow, this

distance should be 10mm to allow room to fit the four bow waterways 31 (two on each side) so that they overhang the outside of the main deck

25 by 2mm. Plate the main deck with the basswood battens 33, starting from a plate set amidship (broken red lines). Before covering the hatchways

and the three holes for the masts (broken red line rectangles and circles), mark their exact position so that they can be cut out when the plating is

finished. Sand off the deck’s surface with a fine-grain sandpaper.

7 THE CUTTY SARK: STEP BY STEP