31) Inwales

For the inwales, I scarfed together two 8" strips of cherry. I thought of about 10 different ways to make the scuppered slots on the inwales. I decided that the easiest method would be to cut 1/4" by 3/4" by 3.5" spacers and glue them onto the inwales. I was not too sure how well this would work, but after I put them on it looked great. At the ends of each inwale, I attached a 30" long spacer, this allowed me to cut a taper down to a half inch at the ends of the inwales. Tapering the inwales and outwales adds a nice touch to the canoe. Due to a limited number of clamps, I could only attach one inwale at a time.



Both inwales on.