Probably getting ahead of myself a little, but I had to check the shape with some battens. This was very useful, I found a couple of spots where I had missed marking some of the plank landings. Just a couple of the battens needed a little adjustment, most likely because of a mistake when I was marking the molds.
In addition to sighting down the length of the battens to check for fairness, I try to view the boat from as many vantage points as possible. The problem with building upside down is that most of your views of the form are from what will be underwater when the boat is floating. Sometimes, the curves can look strange from that angle, and it doesn't matter since no one ever views it like that. So, I often try to see what it looks like by turning my head upside down and viewing from very low to the ground. This gives you a pretty good idea of what the boat will look like. This one is looking pretty nice to me so far.
View from aft.
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