> What about the degree of difficulty in building these boats versus the Cape > Charles.

We are currently building both. Of the two, the Chesapeake is slightly more involved (not difficult) to build of the two.

> I am also curious about using 3mm ply for the hull. Has anyone else done
> this? On my CC, I used 4mm ply hull with one layer of glass and 3mm decks
> with no glass.

Depends on how you will use it and how many layers and what weight of glass you intend to use.

> On pictures of the Chesapeake that I've seen, the bow seems to turn up
> slightly at the ends. Is this real or an optical illusion? I didn't think
> it was possible to get plywood to curve in two different directions. If it
> is an upswept bow, was it hard to get the plywood to cooperate?

Yes it does turn up slightly. I am currently buuilding one and just went out and laid a straight edge on both front and back. Until you mentioned it, I never really thought about it. It was no problem putting together though.

> john

> john@gearaid.com