The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Thank you all for the helpful advice. Glad to hear from someone who has done this same build before! Helps with the confidence. Jim, how did you do the bottom? I see football shapes and seams down the center etc. What worked for you?

This is my first post and I need some advice. I ordered plans for a Merlin 160 (38 Special) from Northwest Canoe and got only one sheet of prints with all of the station forms overlapping. No indication of how many or where to place thwarts. Nothing about whether or not it is to be used with stems o...