Although the boat's design is called "Chester Yawl", that does not imply a yawl sailing rig, or any sailing rig at all. The word yawl, especially on the Chesapeake, can also mean a general utility boat.
I have made good progress. Each of 12 pre-cut planks came in two pieces which mated in a jigsaw puzzle pattern. I just needed to glue and clamp them, which took about three days. Then boatbuilding could start in earnest. I stitched the planks all together with copper wire about every 5" along each joining edge. As usual, I got the hang of that just about when the task was done. After all the planks were together, the assembly looked more like a tamale than a boat, but when I pulled the bow ends of the planks together and stitched them, I could see a hint of what the result might be.
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