We are building our boat at last. We tried to get into a class at the Wooden Boat School last year, but the classes that we could attend were already full. The Wooden Boat School is located in Brooklin, Maine, right at the bottom tip of the road to no-where, or heaven, depending on the way you look at it! They teach classes in everything from boat construction, boat building theory, sailing, lofting, marine photography, sketching and watercolors and boat design. We are in the Build Your Own Dory Class.
Our boat is made with Stitch and Glue construction. Stitch and glue construction is comprised of 3/8" plywood sides and bottom, stitched together with copper wire, then epoxied together. The copper wire is pulled out and a fillet of epoxy/wood flour is pressed into all the inside joints. Then a sheet of fiberglass is epoxied into the bottom and first side lap on the inside and outside of the hull. Two additional layers of epoxy cover the entire boat. It will be very light, only about 105 lbs for a 17 foot boat, but with a payload capacity of 800 lbs. Our Dory will have oars for rowing and will be fitted out with a mast, dagger board, and rudder to handle a slope sailing rig. We are at the end of Day 2, and we already have something that looks a lot like a boat!
I will post more photos as we go along. Sorry, but we are too tired to write too much more this evening!
Remember, it is a beautiful day, don't let it slip away.
David
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