: Hi all-

: I'm helping a friend put new gunwales on a whitewater canoe he
: picked up earlier this year. It's a real whitewater boat, and
: will be used hard on whitewater. He got some ash, but can't find
: any ash in a 15' length to do the gunwales in one piece, so
: we're going to scarf them. I'm going to use a 14:1 scarf to be
: sure there is plenty of glue surface area, although I'm not sure
: whether we'll use epoxy or type III PVA. I do have one place yet
: to check to see if we can get a piece long enough, but for now
: the plan is to scarf.

: My question is- should the scarf be oriented on the canoe through
: the thickness or through the width when it's mounted to the
: hull?

: m

Hi Mike,

I'd do it the same as when scarfing the chines on a SOF, put the scarfs at the ends where there is less bend, but that would mean two scarfs per side. It would look better I'd think with a thru the width scarf, doesn't matter strength wise.

Bill H.