The Sideboards

1. Gluing the Sideboards

A. Epoxy and hardener, glue powder, mixing tub, and

throwaway brush for spreading.

E. Plastic-sheathed buttons of

plywood for pulling edges of boards into perfect

alignment.

Plastic-sheathed

alignment button

detail—use as

needed between

sleepers.

D. Two-by-four sleepers spaced about 2’ apart provide bed and temporary

fastening for sideboards.

B. Short additional piece of ³/4” pine to achieve freeboard at bow of boat.

C. Squeezed-out epoxy. Clean off before it hardens;

otherwise, use heat gun and

scraper afterward.

2. Marking a Side

After the glue has cured and the overspread is cleaned

up, the expanded side can be drawn, full size, on what

will become the inside face of one of the sideboards. Use a ³⁄ 8” x ³⁄ 4” batten for drawing curves, extending each a little beyond the last marked point for fairness.

3. Cutting One of the Sides

Saw just outside the marked lines, then plane fair. Use

the first side as a pattern for the second, which is to

be a mirror image. Transfer all reference marks as well. (Saw the two long scraps to 1 ¹ ⁄ 4” width, and they’ll make up the lion’s share of the guardrails.)

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