I built my Mill Creek from the plans in Wooden Boat. I've built more than a few Kayaks. I've never been happy with the chines and scarfs in my Mill Creek and regreted not getting more information from a set of detailed plans.

As I remember, the article does not show the scarfs at all. Simply add the scarf material to one side of the hull panel. I believe the CLC plans show you how to lay out the panels on the 4X8 sheets well worth the cost of the plan.

I love the finished boat.

It would be intereting to hear from other Mill Creek Builders to see how their hull came out. There might be something wrong wht the CLC offsets all together.

Ohter CLC Boats I have built have turned out much better than my Mill Creek.
: I am trying to build this boat from the offset table plans given in "The
: Wooden Boat" and it shows the scarfs being cut after the hull
: patterns are fully cut out. It seems therefore, that I should add a
: 1.25" length (8:1 for 4mm) to the panel to account for these joints.
: How do I add this length without throwing off the fairness of the curves
: or should the panels be drawn "after" the scarfs joints are
: made.

: Thanks for any help on this matter. Bailey--