boatbuilding

As these boats are a little larger than the usual stitch and glue hull and because some of the bends are difficult, I chose to make a female jig ...

Well, the construction part of this blog is over such as it was, so it's time for a few shots of the finished boats. Again the differences will b...

This is the third in a series of blogs on the different types of wooden boat construction I've done. The first two covered traditional carvel pla...

The interior of the boat was completed before launching, unfortunately without any progress photos so I'll just show some finished shots here. In...

Before going on to the backbone and structural components of the cats, I found a photo today that belongs in yesterday's entry. This is what the ...

One of the interesting tools that find a regular use in building boats is the boring bar. After the hull is finished and the time comes to instal...

This is the fourth and last blog on the different styles of construction that I have used in wooden boat building. Preceding blogs have covered Ca...

Time for the trickiest part of this round stern hull, fitting the stern panel. Here we have carefully clamped the stern piece exactly in place a...

Completion of the hull is a milestone in any boat building project, but while many think of it as half way, those who have done much of it will b...

To answer some of the questions asked about the keel bolts after my last entry, here are some photos from Friendship that show the process a litt...