Pointy Skiff Wooden Boat

Read the Book!	Fasteners

Available at Munising Public Library, Munising, MI or Peter White Public Library, Marquette, MI Best source book to read before building the Pointy Skiff boat, construction details are in Chapter 13. Author: Harold Payson, Pleasant Beach Rd, South Thomaston, Maine. www.instantboats.com Also available for purchase at www.amazon.com ISBN: 0-07-155966-3	Silicon bronze ring shank nails Most commonly used sizes #14 x 3/4", #14 x 7/8", #14 x 1" Available from www.clarkcraft.com or www.jamestowndistributors.com Also stainless steel deck screws for fastening sides to bulkheads, usually you can buy them at local lumber yards.

Bulkheads & Sides Cut	Attaching Sides

Make all bulkheads first 1/4" Exterior plywood 3/4" beveled pine frame Titebond II glue 3/4" Silicon bronze RS nails	Secure sides to #2 bulkhead PL Premium adhesive Use 1" SS deck screws to hold sides in place Finish with 1" Silicon bronze RS nails

Transom	Finished Pointy Skiff

Attach all bulkheads working forward, then work aft finish with transom Attach transom to sides PL Premium 1" SS screws 1" Silicon bronze RS nails	All outside seams--chines, transom edges, bow, butt joints are sealed 3" fiberglass tape & epoxy Finish 2 coats Painter's Touch exterior latex primer, 3 topcoats of Painter's Touch exterior latex finish color Sand between each coat Inside--3 coats of Marine spar varnish, first coat thinned 1:2