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wrote:
I'm working on the One Sheet Skiff as a first boat building project
(plans for Stevenson's Skipjack have been ordered). This may be an
obvious question, but are the screws to attach the chine logs and
gunwales driven from the outside in or inside out? I'm assuming you
want to countersink the heads, but not have the screw poking out the
other side? I'm trying my best to "build the boat" in my head before I
start. Thanks!

-Jeff

Assuming they are inner wales & chines, from the outside in. If they are
outer wales & chines a la Michalak, from the inside out.

You should have the head of the screw in the thinner wood (the ply) -
there's nothing much in the ply for the wood to "get hold of".

I usually just countersink a hole, screw & glue it in place then fill
the whole with filler and flatten it.