How's your foot healing? Both of my Chesapeakes were built from the plans in the newer edition of the book. What I did to make my deck panels was to first make a template out of posterboard by laying it over the boat and tracing along the underside. I then layed that out on the Okoume to make the best use of the wood, and cut a generous margin to allow my novice building mistakes. As it turned out, the biggest mistake was that overly generous margin. Live and learn...we love the boats and their handling despite my beginner's efforts.