I returned the Elmers stuff, didn't find much to recommend it online. Got some JB Weld Wood Weld instead. I've used JB Weld on a lot of metal stuff, but wood epoxy was not on my radar screen, at least till now. I've sure liked their metal stuff, we'll see how this goes. Also ordered an unfinished white oak stair tread (1" X 11 1/2" X 48") from Home Depot that I hope to use for new decks and stem scarfs. It's rib tops and stems first, then figure out what to do with (or how to do) 3 ribs that really should be replaced. Then inwale scarfs. they're spruce and should not be too hard to source. Rib blanks I can get from Island Falls Canoe up in Maine.
This is all going to wait at least a week. We have a condo on the boardwalk in Ocean city MD, and will be gone tomorrow morning through the following Friday. Water based recreation, but the floating on your back kind...
Frank