Building a Skin On Frame Boat

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Great job on your boat! I built one of these out of mahogany and ash about 19 years ago...beautiful design. I built the whole thing with a portable circular saw and a Ryoba style Japanese saw...and used a wallpaper steamer to bend the ribs. I think I loved building it even more than putting it in the water. I made two major build changes. First, I lashed the ribs using artificial sinew instead of using the kit epoxy. I did use the epoxy for the attachments fore and aft along with all the reinforcement blocking. Second, I used 600 denier water shrink polyester instead of the included heat shrink variiety. And, I coated it with 2 part polyurethane for more strength. The Kevlar turned out to be unnecessary. I was lucky enough during the build to correspond with Platt Mountford (the designer) before his passing a few years later. ..super nice guy and very helpful.

Молодец, что тут скажешь. И чинить легко, заплатку поставить.

Muy interesante y bonito, espero algun dia poder hacer un barco.

FRP ポリエステル硬化剤で外側を固めましょう

This is amazing. I wonder if you could 3d print parts of the frame?

Niiiiice!

Caro David sei un Maestro ! E' una soddisfazione andarci in giro nel lago, non trovi? Grazie per questa bella condivisione, Ciao Nick from IT

Incredible! How much did yours end up weighing?

Hello! Where can i buy this kit?

nie zna się !!!!!!!

You're relying a little too much on your glue.
Most glues give up after about 10 years.
Nice build though!

Amazing work, I would suggest agging glue on the screws

Very ingenious. Thanks

why the tywraps?

What a beautiful boat! Great job!!

Beautiful little Vessel. Good job.

Good Looking Boat ! FYI. with the tools you used ,your Mast could had been fabricated or shaped way faster than the method you chose ,I’m not negating your method ,because you got it done and that’s what really matters IMO the Vessel is a excellent style to teach anyone the Fundamentals of Sailing , i personally used one similiar to teach my Children how to Sail and part of those lessons were always if you can Sail a 8 foot boat the same things would apply to any size Sailboat ! how do i know ? that’s how i’ve learned and i’ve Sailed large Sailing Yachts all over the World over the years

На этой яхте надо очень аккуратно размещаться . одно неосторожное движение и что нибудь порвется. надувная лодка по моему крепче и надежней

Nice video! I think the seat structure should hang from the gunnel structure as is typical in lightweight canoe building