Building the 23’ V-Bottom Skiff - Episode 21: Side planking

With our V-Bottom flipped over upside right, it’s time to finish the planking. You remember we put the first two planks on when we were springing the boat together. We’ve got four more planks to go, two on the starboard side and two the port. The planks have already been fit together on the floor before we started so there’s no fitting needed at this point, they just need to be lifted into position and screwed onto the frames. We also add some polysulfide to the edges of the frames to act as a bedding compound before fastening the down. We’re using flat head bronze screws and putting three screws in each frame and a few more at the stem and transom. Stay tuned for our next episode, cutting the shear!!

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