Day 3: Tuesday 2 July.  Using only the circular saw for most of the cutting has demonstrated some of its limitations.  Namely, it is rather tricky to get straight cuts and it's even trickier to get precision cuts.  Something tells me I'll be using a lot of caulking glue to fill in the cracks between a few of the beams.  That said it's not the worst tool and it is still the only one I have access to at this time.  Next time I do a project though I'm going to see about getting a tablesaw to help cut the sections.  It'd also help to have a planer or a super strong sander (I have a decent hand-sander with a hard grit on it but it's both noisy and slow going so I try extra hard to get the cuts right so I don't have to use it)

The circ is still required to cut the plywood though and even though I've swapped to using a guide rather than eyeball cutting down a pencil line it's still a bit off.  That said this boat is being designed on the premise of loose tolerances.  How much that comes back to bite me will be seen in the final construction, but until then I'm doing the best I can and double measuring/sketching/labeling ahead of time.  It does take back some of the time saved by using the circular saw but I'm still both confident and happy with the progression. 

I cut out the panels for the rear bulkhead.  My boss is loaning me his jigsaw for the weekend so I'll be able to cut a small hatch into it for storage and access into the bulkhead when needed.  The main reason for having them at the front and back though is for flotation.  If/when the boat capsizes these will give it positive bouyancy even upside-down and also provide flotation if flooded.  This should make recovering/sailing it possible without a tow or rescue.

Anyhow, with those and a few more cross braces for the front bulkhead cut out, and a front wall piece clamped and gluing, I finished up for the night.