Stable gunwales

After I trimmed the cedar gunwales to size one of them started to warp. When I checked the moisture content of the wood, one side of the gunwale that warped had a much higher moisture content than the other,  i.e. this was the last to be sawn and still green on the side most into the log. Didn't have this problem when I used this timber before, and it might not be this but a particular run of grain. So it was back to plan A which was the douglas fir gunwales that I had initially intended to use. The stable cedar gunwale will still be used for stem and stern pieces as well for making up the frames.

The picture shows them just having been sawn. Then they were trimmed and planed to size, and the tops cut and planed at 13 degrees so that they are flat when the gunwales set at 77 degrees in their mortices. This will be clearer when first assembled.

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