Preparing to stitch bottom to sides

Sides spread in prep for stitching bottom panels.

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Panels glues up

Glued up the first 4 panels that will eventually become on of the hull sides.  Will unclamp in the morning and glue up 4 more.....

First two panels glued

Have not had much boat time between work and keeping home and hearth together.  Glued up my first scarf joint today.  Not perfect, but we will see how it all comes out.

I love Fed-Ex and UPS!!

I'm outta town for the week, but my wife let me know that three packages showed up yesterday.  I suspect the following:

1.  75 Yards of 24oz Biaxial fiberglass tape
2. Bronze screws and ring shank nails
3. New-used 10-1/4 inch Milwaukee circular saw (for scarfing jig).

Have settled for a "working title" for the boat - The Curds-n-Whey. I work at a cheese mfg plant.

The Plan

Here is the design

Specs:
• Length Overall 26'0"
• Length Waterline 22'8"
• Beam 8'5"
• Draft 1'2"
• Displacement 4800 Lbs.
• Headroom 6' 3"
• Fuel Capacity 100 Gal.
• Deadrise at Transom 12 deg

Building scarfing jig

Spent the afternoon building a scarfing jig so that I can start joining plywood panels.  Should finish the table / jig tomorrow and start making 26 foot long sheets of plywood.

Materials

Prototype of the Alfred W Davis

Truck Load of Boat

Glue and some plywood