Outwales attached

I ended up doing one side at a time, left over night then then other. Glad I did as I needed a clamp about every 6 inches to keep it all in the right spot. As the gunwales are mounted higher than the top of the canoe there was not as much contact between wood and wood (If you see what I mean!) as I would have liked. So Clamps every where were a must.
As I had already attached the splash decks I found I had nothing to clamp the outwale to........Got a bit ahead of my self I think. Next time I will wait till the gunwales are complete before doing splash decks.

Ended up having to use a screw to hold in the gunwale. Not ideal as it will leave a hole to be finished but there was no other way. I tried rope, elaborate wooden contraptions and clamps to clamp, none of it worked sufficiently so..... drilled small hole and half screwed in. This also worked a treat at the end of the gunwale, almost like a ring in a bulls nose to hold the two sides together properly.

Clamps and screws off and it all stayed put!

Pass the sander (again)