Shelves

Shelves are what Renn Tolman, the guy who designed the boat plans, calls gunnels (or gunwales).  Gunnels are the top edges of the sides of the boat.  I'm learning lots of boat terminology here.  Here is what the pattern in the book looks like:

Chris built a stand and drew out the pattern.

He laid nails on edge along the pattern and used them to cut the LVLs along the curve.

Then he made the long part of the shelves and epoxied the two parts together to make one long piece.

Then he made shallow cuts- kerfs- all along the shelves to give them some flexibility and allow them to be shaped (later).

Want to put the shelves next to each other and see the shape of the future boat?  We did.

Next up: Building the transom.