: I call myself an incomplete idiot since I'm sure I have many more
: mistakes yet to accomplish. To assume I'm a complete idiot at
: this stage would be presumptious.

: I'm building a Yost Sea Flea for a friend's daughter. I had to
: extend the gunwales to get 12 feet. I'd had simple scarf joints
: open up on the first one I built, so I scarfed and braced these.
: Naturally, the brace goes to the inside of the boat. After a
: couple hours of fitting, cutting, and lashing, the stern was
: looking pretty good. I took a picture with my cell phone. Wait a
: minute, weren't those braces supposed to be on the INSIDE? Oh
: poo...

: I didn't want to start over with new gunwhales, so I put longer
: braces on the inside, doweled and glued and left till the next
: night. Then I chiseled off the original braces, and with our
: friend the low angle plane, cleaned it up.

: Unless you're familiar with the body of my work, the end result
: does not scream 'IDJIT'

: Kirk

Hi Kirk,

How thick is the wood on the gunwales? In the pictures it looks for all the world like a 2x4, I'm assuming I'm not seeing it correctly?

Bill H.