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 A couple of months ago I decided to re-join the OK Dinghy fleet.  I've had two in my life.  the last one sold - regrettably three or four years ago. It was a good one too!  So I needed a boat.  Why buy if I could build? The Leech Kit seemed a pretty attractive and I do love wooden boats!  So the build fee was paid to Dan and the Kit ordered from  Fyne Boat Kits both at some expense. In the meantime epoxy and other materials was ordered from  Wessex Resins .  I had built a boat before using western red cedar and West Epoxy, but that was a long time ago. My garage, an old stable, has a sloping floor with appropriate drainage, so a level base was essential. Note the adjustable feet The space was tight and the Jig or Mould, if you want to call it that, was going to overhang a bit at the sides. The adjustable feet can be bought in Amazon and make levelling up pretty easy. A week or two the kit arrived.  There's a lot of it and it weighs a ton.  It all needs to be kept flat and dr