"Gerry Wolfe" wrote in message
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Recently purchased these plans and am considering building this
sailing pram.

Anyone out there with any experience with this one???
I'm a novice woodworker; is this lapstrake construction beyone me???
Instructions call for copper nails (rivets) for lap fastenings (1/2"
planks). How about using brass screws instead???

The purpose of the nails are to hold the strakes together when they swell
from moisture, thus creating a watertight seam. The resulting pressure is
rather high, so screws will be torn out, I'm afraid.

Meindert