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By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
Maybe an obvious answer, but....
I'm going over Fletcher's plans for the 16' double-ender with a transom. Looking at the side panels lines, it appears that I will need 16' in length of plywood. Taking into account that the scarf will eat up 3 inches, I assmue I will need to marry 3 separate pieces of ply wood to get to the full 16' length? Would it then be preferable to space the two scarfs evenly across the entire 16' length?
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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on
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You have two choices. Three pieces of plywood or a 15' 6" piece. Since you are working with two identical sides the boat will still work out fine. If you choose you can move the ribs proportionally to the reduction in length. This issue comes up quite frequently as longer plywood lengths are available as they were when the earlier boats were built.
Rick N
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Permalink Reply by Mike Baker on
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You can use scrap from the front triangle cut off and scarf it to the rear to get the 16'
Mike
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Permalink Reply by Bennett Yarbrough on
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I vote for using the scrap triangle as Mike suggested. Works great and saves material
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Permalink Reply by David Witton on
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Go with the triangle scrap - it blends right in. See an example here.
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Permalink Reply by Kurt Selisch on
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The difference between 16' panels and 15'9" panels is about 1 inch in total centerline length of the boat. I opted to build with the 15'9" panels and subtracted 3 inches from the transom cut to #1 frame. Instead of 2-5-2 I went 2-2-2 and then per plans on the rest. Worked fine. Great thing about this site, lot's of good advice, different opinions to consider, and it's all good! You get to build it how you want it! Enjoy.
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Permalink Reply by Lawrence E. Long on
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Kurt has my vote. Cabinet makers work to the nearest 1/64", carpenters to the nearest 1/8"and boat builders work to the nearest boat. No one will know your boat is a little short unless you spill the beans.
Good Luck
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