Day 47 - Seat backs installed

Sanded down some rough edges from yesterday's reinforcement strips on the hip braces. Then drilled some 1/4" holes in them to attach the seat backs to. Had to first install the foam pad on the plastic seat pad. Contact cement smells good.

I did not put in one of the pieces that holds the back of the seat from swinging downward. I will be removing the back rests when I put in the foot braces. Also, I don't want them in the boat when I do my final sanding and varnishing. That's going to be one big dusty mess.

While I was waiting for the contact cement to dry out, I sanded the back portion of the boat down to 600 grit and applied some varnish to see what it looks like. The finish is currently somewhat dull and muted. However, each successive coat is supposed to be more shiny. You can see the foot braces to the left.