This is a good book to get someone started in boat building. it starts out with easy to follow explanations of the tools and techniques needed to build very simple but useful plywood boats, such as the author's "mouse" series.. The plywood for boatbuilding faq version 1.1 11/9/96. edited by craig o'donnell send corrections and additions to me. about the faq. this is a basic introduction to plywood and epoxy boatbuilding.. Several of our designs (for plywood) have been built in steel and more often, in aluminium (canoes and dinghies especially). for steel, we have had to remodel the hull to give more displacement volume by increasing beam and hull depth (see our 22' black swan yacht) and we can do this for many of our designs..
Power 1: 16’x5’6’’ ply motor launch of ultra simple construction using pre-shaped ply hull panels, frames and transom. the chine joints are completed with epoxy resin fillets and tape making construction quick.. Introduction if you have not worked with glen-l poxy-shield epoxy resins, or you have applied fiberglass before using polyester resins, make sure you read and understand all of the following information before starting any aspect of the job or handling any materials.. Fast-g stitch and glue plywood this quick and easy boatbuilding method consists of plywood planking panels cut to shape from full-size patterns which are "stitched" and "glued" together at the seams. such a boat can be assembled in a matter of hours after cutting out the parts. the stitching is done with short lengths.
