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The transom frame is made first with the joints lapped, glued and fastened with one-inch, No. 12 Stronghold nails.

After notching it for the keelson, chines and battens, the half-inch plywood transom is secured to it with glue and the same type nails.

All frames are butted at the joints and 3/8-inch plywood gussets are glued and nailed on each side of each joint, again using the one-inch, No. 12 nails.

The frames are notched only for the keelson and the chines.

If notched for the battens, they would require more work, be weakened and limber holes would have to be bored so that bilge water could flow through.

Nowhere in the boat do the frames come in contact with the plywood planking.