The first step after the interior was sanded was actually not building the decks but was constructing the gunwales (gunnels). Even though, the decks were the first piece to be installed, I built the gunwales first. Because my white oak board was only ten feet long, I had to scarf the pieces together. The outwale or (outer gunwale) was only a strip of white oak 3/4" x roughly 3/4". The inwale (inner gunwale) was 3/4" thick yet was slightly different than the outwale. There were two components to the inwale: the outside strip and the scupper. The long strip was 3/8" thick as well as the scupper. The next blog post will show the assembly of the inwale, since the outwale construction was very basic.
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