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Safety!
Getting Started
Scarfing
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Chines
Nailing on the bottom
Deck Beam
Quarter Knees
Frames
Rails
Foredeck
Seat Risers
Keel & Skeg
Seats
Oar Locks
Painter & Oars
Fill, Sand & Paint

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Filling
Mix up a batch of epoxy filled with wood flour and fill all the holes in the boat. Be neat. You can also use “Famowood” wood filler.
Sanding
Some people go crazy sanding and finishing boats. We don’t. They’re boats- not pianos. If you use the boat, you’re going to scratch it up. Paint to protect the boat. You still need to be neat and clean but you don’t have to go wild. It’s very easy to spend as much time painting a boat as building it. Your Choice!
Paint
We don’t supply paint. We recommend Interlux 279 as a primer and Interlux topside enamel for the finish coat. We recommend epoxy coating the exposed endgrain of the plywood bottom and side panels. (Straight Epoxy- no filler) You can also epoxy coat the outside of the hull, if you like.


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