Hi Folks.
I am new to this list. I started building a CS20. I very much like the looks of the CS. Usually I don't fancy hard chined boats, mostly because the hard chines usually rise above the waterline just before the transom and as such I find the transom of such boats have an un-pleasing shape, to me anyways. When I saw this boat in Woodenboat's Small Boats 2008, I found it to be very beautiful and I like the fact that a building jig is not needed.
I had considered a John Welsford glued-lap backed by stringer design, very nice boat. But it needs a building jig and is meant to be built up-right, which when beveling a plank to accept the next one probably means lying on the ground while holding a hand plane above me (not a work position I would find comfortable).
I bought the marine grade plywood (meranti). I bought the douglas fir, cut out the blanks and labelled them. So when I need a part, I pull out the blank(s), mill it down to size and scarf it if req'd. Concerning the inwales, the plans don't show any notches in the permanent bulkheads or the temporary one for them but there are notches shown for the seat stringer. Is that an omission or are the inwales meant to be built as separate parts (eg: one piece from transom to aft bulkhead, and one from aft bulkhead to forward bulkhead, etc, etc)?
Rgds,
Guy.
