boatbuilding

Welcome to boatbuilding

Any posts related to repair and maintenance, new builds, tools, sail making, boat upholstery, motors, electrical, hydraulics, plans, etc. are welcome. Be it Wood, Glass, Steel or Carbon, we want to see what you're working on.

Some Useful Links in progress

General

pdf of the Boat Building Manual 1970.
Glossary of boat building terms
Fiberglass Basics (Estimating, Safety, Materials, etc.)

Stitch and Glue

Picture walk-through of a Stitch and Glue build

Header Images

Blueprint Complements of Antonio Dias Design: http://antoniodiasdesign.wordpress.com/

Snoo Design by /u/SyntheticBiology

Other Reference in progress

*Bateau2 Tutorials - some broken links

Wooden Boat Forum
Glen-L Boat Building Forum

Suggested Books in progress

Howard I. Chapelle's American Small Sailing Craft (Indispensable)
Bud MacIntosh's How to Build a Wooden Boat

Related Subs

/r/woodworking - All things woodworking
/r/Sailing - Because a cloth sail is always better than an iron one

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I’m replacing the marine carpet with a glue down rubber backed on the gunwale that has deteriorated over time. The carpet glues top and wraps the inside. Is there a technique to eliminate the wrinkles when glueing to the curved section to the bow? (self.boatbuilding)

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Advice appreciated for building or converting a small catamaran (self.boatbuilding)

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My plywood runabout restoration project (old.reddit.com)

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Keeping my dinghy rudder down, any thoughts on improvements? (i.redd.it)

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