Cap pieces

The gunwales are both on and screwed in place every other rib. Like this:

I used slot head rather than Phillips head because the Phillips head screw was not invented in 1917. 

The canoe had cap pieces closing out the rib tips alongside the decks. I'm making new ones from ash, with the grain book matched. Kennebec used these, but most of the other old canoes I've seen don't have these. In this case it a good thing because they cover a multitude of sins. They hide the spliced inwales, the new tips on the decks and the funky rib tips at the ends. 

First gunwale screwed in place

Even with the extras I made, I'm having to mill another gunwale. It turned out that some of the wood was really soft and spongy. This time I paid attention to the section of tree and cut from the heart of the log. Here's the new one clamped on.