The outwales were put onto the boat in a similar manner. The wood was primed and then coated in thickened epoxy after a couple of hours. Starting at the bow the gunwale was clamped to the boat and screwed into position using 4x35 stainless steel screws every 20cm.
Clamps were left in position for 36 hours approx and removed so that the epoxy could be cleaned up. All preparations, glueing and scraping took about 8 hours, same as for the inwales. The hull was then shaved down to the level of the gunwale and the sharp corners of the gunwales rounded off slightly.
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