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I have looked around and found cypress marine plywood, but only on sites selling direct from China. And I really do NOT want to buy it "by the cubic meter." What about a marine grade cypress plywood? Is there some reason it wouldn't be suitable? I'm thinking that it should be relatively...

Jack, Two planks, 5/8" x 10" X 14', just one per side. The planks sit on top of the plywood bottom. Where the bottom plywood curves up to form the bow, the bottom edge of the plans also curve up, with the top edge remaining straight and flat. As the bottom ply does curve up, the plank's bottom...

There was too much time while building my Glades Skiff that I couldn't actually work on the boat, so I spent that "extra time" on some other projects. One was coming up with an alternative to my Turbo Cat II alcohol stove and my Nimblewill Nomad "twig stove. I'd tried a couple of the wood gas...

mike, Good question! :D Here is a verbatim, directly from the book: "Attaching the sides of the boat and bottom is the most difficult part of building the skiff. You will find that when you try to attach the sideboards to the bow that it will take a lot of planing to get them to fit. Because...

Been thinking how I'm not too pleased with that first attempt at a plywood scarf joint. Failing to get some practice on some scrap material, I realize I could have built a simple scarfing jig and done with with a circular saw, much better than I did. So, I decided to add a an epoxy & fg strip...

Yes, it is a "short scarf." Again, only because that is what was specified in the book. 1/4" ply, only 1" on each piece, I guess that makes it a 4:1 joint. Last I heard, 8:1 is more common, some go for 12:1. That said, I do recall reading, maybe Payson or Bolger, where they thought the current...

Got the bottom panels scarfed today. Here are the usual pics, but I do have some questions that would help me do a better job, next build. First question: Is that the right tool for the job? Or do you prefer a power plane, or a regular plane? Please don't tell me a sanding block is the way to...

Yessir, Mr. Jack, You are quite right. It certainly would have been easier and the end result would have been much cleaner looking. No doubt about it! But I wanted to better understand how "they" did it, back "when." And to a degree, I can now say that I do have a better understanding of how...

The first casualty of war is the plan of battle. It is usually felled by the first shot. Didn't get done near what I'd planed on doing. (See opening line.) But, I did get stuff done, so here it is, a long with what I learned doing it. Lesson Learned, IF you decide to make a correction, make...

Ahhhhhhhhh. . . What we have here is a failure to communicate. (Always wanted to say that!) And the failure is mine. The reason for this particular build is that I want to look at the last example that I can find of this historical Florida craft and see how closely I can reproduce it. I...

Dave, If I understand what you are saying, I think you are probably right. I'm using my imagination here, and it does tend to run off into the deep weeds at times. :D Could you describe how you do that? Or maybe a pic of the results? EDIT: Second thought, I am sure I know what you are...

Jack, No, I don't think this is the "standard stitch & glue" method. In fact, I *think* he used to close the bow with the copper wire and maybe used varnish, paint, or pine tar to get a seal. When he started using epoxy, I think he just added it to the building process, in addition to the...

I was leaning towards leaving it "as is." But I fell the other way! Couldn't help but give it one more try and here's the result: Before I do the stich & glue thing, I will round off the bottom of the stem to better meet the bottom. At the keel, if it had one, which it doesn't. (Not real sure...

Got the halves set up and siting on the sawhorses. Not quite sure I'm satisfied with it, but here it is: As you can see, I did get the rise to the bow I was looking for, but very little of the reverse rake to the stem. After I took the picture, I noticed that the stem ends of the ply was not...

I'm setting up some long planks on sawhorses right now, and then I'll be putting the two bottom panels on them. I should be able to post a pic of the bow with the clamp still in place. I'd like to get that bow closure epoxied today, and maybe scarf the bottom panels together. Matt, if you have...

I think it might be more like the starting shape of the material dictated the shape of the boat. And they kind of left it at that. Today, we can shape the material to whatever we want, and can certainly remove what we see as "excess" material if we like. Might be one way to find out what really...

Not sure who told me this, but I'm a believer in "Experience is what you gain from working your way through your mistakes." I've applied my "fix" and the results look pretty good. I'll know better when I move it out of the garage in tomorrow morning and set it up for finish fitting and gluing...

Thanks for taking a look at it, Matt! I've found that by the time I get around to asking the people who actually Know, I often manage to muddle through to the solution. Sometimes, it's the same solution, sometimes not so much. I'll hunt down something to make a template and increase the radius...

Allowing for the difference in the angle of the photo, I'd have to agree, this mock-up of mine isn't too far off, at all. And it does look like I need to make that curve with a larger radius. By the way, the light colored strip at the top of the hull, mostly on the left, is just that. A...

Jack, All I have to go on is what I've read of the skiff and the pictures of them I've seen. I think the origin of the design itself comes from the Seminole canoes. It seems to me that the whole idea of the skiff is to fill the need for a boat that floats on VERY little water and can be poled...