Working on the 17' canoe first to get it out of the way. Today's project was to mill the gunnels and get them installed. I am using some ash lumber a friend gave me to try out, a little different feel than the maple used on previous canoes. The ash is a bit more flexible, easier to bend around the sides, temporary thwarts need to be installed to maintain the shape while the outwales are installed.
Scuppers were cut every 6 inches and are 6 inches wide and a quarter deep, just big enough to get a line through to tie down gear. Inwales were glued in place with epoxy and the outwales were screwed through the hull into the inwales.
still have a few more days on this one, next up is the milling of the decks!
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