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om nog eens aan de enorme vraag over allerlei botenbouw te voldoen :)

Two V-Bottomed Boats of Plywood and Plank Construction
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Unlike many canoes, this one has a flat bottom. It is very much like a dory bottom, flat, wide, and with a very slight bit of rocker (fore and aft curvature). One of the benefits of this sort of bottom is relatively high &#147;initial stability,&#148; meaning that it isn&#146;t as tippy as a narrow round bottom or v-bottomed boat might be when you first step in to it. It&#146;s also very easy to construct.<br/>
We won&#146;t find boards wide enough for the full width, nearly 15 inches. So, we edge glue as many boards as needed to make up the width. Due to lumber availability, the 1:1 version will likely require 3 boards, and that is what I did for the model. These joints are probably the most critical in the boat. They are edge joins of boards that are 9/16 inch thick, and are fastened solely with glue. The edges have to mate as close to perfectly as possible. They will be a good place to use a #8 jointer plane.

The photo shows how I simply cut out parts of the drawings and rubber cement them to the actual parts for cutting. The technique minimizes a lot of measuring and the errors that come along with measuring...

Thanks to Xrypto :)