Chine Flat Construction Questions

[spank]

Hi,
I am designing a plywood kit boat at the moment, and I have run into a problem trying to come up with a simple way of constructing a chine flat. My preference is to do this without using a chine-log because the aim here is to have the boat be buildable by people with limited boatbuilding skills (although to be honest, one would need a fair amount of woodworking skill and commitment to finish the project...it's 26' deep V fishing boat). The other consideration is that I want as many parts as possible to be cnc cut to furthur simplify things. Obviously the more solid wood I can avoid i.e. chine logs, the better. Any help here is greatly appreciated. Even if I do need to resort to a chine log, your insight will be helpful. Thanks in advance.
-Eli

[Tom Lathrop]

The easy way to build in a chine flat is to let the side panel overlap the bottom panel and extend to the desired depth. The chine flat is then added to cap the area from the extended side panel to the bottom. Since you don't want a chine log, I assume you are intending to go with stitch & glue construction?

This is the construction I use which has proven easy and very strong. If you send me your e-mail address, I will send a sketch.