Purchased some stainless bolts, washers, and nylon lock nuts..and got to work carefully drilling the #2 bulkheads. Turned out well, good fit. Tightening the bolts does crush the timber a bit however, over time this could be a problem. Either need to find some larger washers to help spread the force, or maybe just bond some type of hard point to the timber..piece of stainless or some hard wood perhaps.
Once the sun went down and it cooled off a bit I decided to hit the outside faces of bulkhead #1 with some epoxy, three coats wet on wet, and also put another coat on inside of bulkhead #2 for a total of three there as well.
That's all for now, just a little more prep and will be ready to get the hulls assembled...
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