The hull is shaped by her four main bulkheads. Eleven sub-bulkheads in her underbody define the ballast chambers. Port Buttocks with the first layer of plating on.
Quarter view from the stern.
The author is finishing a coved SGJ between the port buttocks and the skeg . Port-side view of the underside planking in progress. The two large scrap pieces extending from the unfastened end of the buttocks planking piece act as continuations of the planking there, ensuring that the end area is held fair to the overall hull curvature while the buttocks SGJs are setting.