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Well, that big hardware chain still had no 1/2" c grade ply, so I got 3/8" ply instead. Its ok, that's what Harmonica designer Jim Michalak wrote.

Now I'm good to start making bulkheads. There are four all together; bow, stern, front of cabin and one divider just forward of the galley/WC section. They're identified by their respective distances from the bow.

Spent so far, $140. More later.

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