# Shearwater Sectional from Plans

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/shearwater-sectional-from-plans/42981>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/shearwater-sectional-from-plans/42981 "2015-04-08T12:42:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![John\_Haley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@John\_Haley](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_Haley)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/shearwater-sectional-from-plans/42981/1 "2015-04-08T12:42:38Z")

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Finally made some saw dust.

Looking forward to this build with my 13 year old daughter and 16 year old son. Photos available at&nbsp;https://shearwaterkayakbuild.shutterfly.com/

So far:

- First sheet of plans put on plywood and holes punched along lines. Used thumb tacks for first sheet, switching to an awl so holes are easier to spot.
- Brads tapped into holes.
- Flexible straight edge used to connect dots between lines.
- Plywood cut 2mm proud of lines with saber saw. I know a circ saw cuts straighter but we have the 2mm and the sabersaw is easier to handle.

We have 2 more sheets to cut than some butt joints to work on... Any tips are most welcome.

John

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**Author:** ![John\_Haley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@John\_Haley](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_Haley)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/shearwater-sectional-from-plans/42981/2 "2015-04-08T12:49:11Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;I will paste some photos here as well, no need to jump to the Shutterfly site.

[IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/2m2jmhc.jpg[/IMG]

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**Author:** ![John\_Haley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@John\_Haley](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_Haley)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/shearwater-sectional-from-plans/42981/3 "2015-04-08T16:14:01Z")

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Tracing Plans to wood using brads tapped into pinholes that were pushed through plan.

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![](http://i60.tinypic.com/zkpke8.jpg)We have CLC T Shirts, dust masks, safety goggles - need a hair scrunchy though.

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![](http://i61.tinypic.com/358ow2e.jpg)Switching to using an awl. We did first sheet of ply with thumb tack. Hard to use and the holes were oh so tiny.