Scarfing

OK, so the punt is 16ft (4.8m) long, but the plywood is only half that. The next step is to join the two halves of each panel together.

In this design, it's done using scarf joints (matching pairs of 1:8 chamfers on the ends of each panel). Thickened epoxy is then used to bond them together.

The cut panels were stacked on the workbench and held in place
with 'holdfasts'

Then the planing began. I started by planing 'down' the slope,
but later found it was better to plane across

A bit wavy, but thickened epoxy is a good filler!