boatbuilding

Probably the most anticipated part of building a wooden boat is the planking. The old boat builder I learned from used to call it "boardin' 'er up"...

Looks like some of you might like to see a little more boatbuilding (and I need to rescue my blogs from oblivion) so here goes. - These are twelve...

  Besides the yellow cedar which will be used for planking, deck framing and various timbers and knees, an assortment of other woods and materials ...

One of the more common complaints against wooden boats is leaking decks. With a traditional caulked deck this can certainly be a challenge. Decks...

The only sailing photos I have were taken before the square rigging arrived, too bad. I say arrived because we didn't build the yards and their r...

Time to wind up the Cold Molded Construction edition of this little trip through my old shipyard, my old photos and my old memories. The followi...

Note: I was new to blogging when I wrote these. They get a little too technical. 😁 If you lose me, just skip to the pictures. If you are intrigued,...

  I have to apologize for my lack of a lot of photos of this stage. I guess it just seemed to boring to take a lot of photos at the time. Anyway t...

Plywood construction probably presents the easiest method for an amateur to build a good boat, but it is also a useful construction for a profess...

Once the hull is planked, it is skinned with 6 oz. fiberglass cloth set in epoxy and faired using several tinted coats of a high build epoxy prim...

I'm afraid that the photos are a little scarce from here on but I'll do what I can with what there are. This photo shows the keel halves ready f...

Now we are nearing the big day, launching. The hull has been faired and sanded and is ready for it's finish. The chosen product was Deks Olje, a ...