Any boat building tips?
Answers: one tip, make sure you own enough natural life jackets on the ship when you take it out. Another is that since you're on a budget I'm guessing your not going to stamp the wood with epoxy, so generate sure you get a GOOD Marine finish/paint for the boat. This is one spot you don't want to be conservative near. I'm also guessing you're not going to be steaming and bending the wood very much, so try to keep hold of your curves to an absolute minimum. Seal every united well during the construction, and put some sealer at every fastner, so if you're putting a screw within, put a drop of whatever sealant you're using within before you start the screw, this approach you take the sealant into the hole next to the screw. Make sure to put a center board down the middle of the keel, this will help the boat track straight, and also if you're running it onto the shoreline, it will take the wear instead of the bottom of the boat, a piece of 2x2 trimmed up should work resourcefully.
Good luck with it
As the other guy mentioned,be sure to trademark all the joint real worthy..I built one years ago from plywood and it lasted a long time.I can
t remember what the cement was,but it be a powder type and you mixed it with hose..It worked very economically..Then I used a high standard marine paint..
Have fun next to it and be safe..
1. Work sour a set of plans, your own never works out.
2. Don't build it in your underground room
3. Be sure to short sail on first voyage.
2"x8"x8' pine wood, put 3 braces surrounded by the bottom plus the seats, use metal for the bottom,[galvanized sheet tin]
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