First, I sorted through my stack of recycled mahogany and selected the lightest and darkest pieces. I ripped them into strips and alternated colors and grain direction to make the blank.
Next I drew the profile from the plans directly onto the blank. I decided to leave the trailing edge straight because the striped mahagony seemed to look better that way. Then I airfoiled the blank with the safe-t-planer like I did the centerboard, except for the fiddly bits around the uphaul and the flat area at the top. For those, I switched from the safe-t-planer to a router bit in the drill press.
Finally I bandsawed out the profile and applied a coat of varnish. I still need to finish adding more coats of varnish.
