I found some excellent #2 1X10 pine that works great for the seats. My local lumberyard has wide planks of this #2 that is way better than anything of any grade seen at the big box stores. I took the boat over to the local lake and fiddled with seat placement and rowlock placement using four C clamps as temporary Thole pins. As indicated on the plans I went 1.5" aft for the seat and the rowlocks are 13.5" aft of the back edge. The aft seat appears to be a bit wide as if it were 8.5" would act as a foot brace. I wont tack this in place until I am sure, but at least I know where the rowing seat is going and will install the cleats that hold it in place tomorrow.
I did find it interesting that no matter how much I thought I had got all the rough spots with sandpaper, there were a few I missed that became apparent once I got it out in the middle of the lake.
More interesting to anyone reading this is that this boat rows very well! It tracks straight as an arrow and gets up to hull speed easily even with the 6 1/2 oars I used rather than the 7 recommended by the designer. I hope to get some paint on it this week and some photos soon.
The finish work takes much longer than actually building the hull.
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