My keelson is too skinny! John Brooks was very nice and supportive when he emailed that my keelson was too skinny at the transom. Here is what it looked like before corrective surgery.
I'm not sure how I determined the width of the keelson at the transom, but I think I aimed for the width of the bottom of the transom, then cut it a bit wide just in case. But, doing that left little room for the bevel, so I had a very small amount of landing for the plank near the transom. John very graciously pointed out that the top of the keelson (the side facing the ground now) should be as wide as the transom where the two meet. Indeed, the plans show the keelson with a dashed line on the transom drawing, so I should have known that, but I missed it. So, this is why we like epoxy:
Glue applied.
Frankenstein keelson. (not sure anyone ever put those words together before)
Inside is ugly, but will be cleaned up and is not in a highly visible part of the interior.
Trimmed down now. More detail work to do, but looks like it is basically fixed.
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