Assembling a Boat Kit: Stitch and Glue Construction - CLC boats
Stitch-and-glue construction, along with the development of epoxy and modern mahogany marine plywood, has revolutionized and revitalized wooden boat building. This method of building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less skill. Here's how a CLC stitch-and-glue kayak is assembled.
Boat Plans | Wooden Boat Plans | Boat Kits - CLC boats
Our most popular plans these days comprise full-sized patterns for every part of the boat, and come with extensive assembly manuals. A few of the older marques, such as the Chesapeake and Mill Creek kayaks, are on 24" x 36" paper; parts …
FAQs » Lapstitch - CLC boats
Lapstrake hull shapes evolved over millennia. Many would suggest that the type reached a high water mark with the Viking longboats, but the actual building method was little changed right up into the 20th century. Planks were nailed or riveted together, and the technique required prodigious skill on the part of boatbuilders.
Stitch & Glue Boat Plans: Kayaks, Canoes, Sailboats & Rowing Craft ...
Stitch-and-glue boat building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less skill. With stitch-and-glue construction, no strongbacks, forms, or temporary frames are required to build the boats. See a step-by-step overview of how a stitch-and-glue kayak is built or watch a timelapse ...
Chesapeake Light Craft | Boat Plans, Boat Kits, Kayak Kits, Canoe …
Although I had no previous experience with boat building, fiberglass or epoxy, the excellent design, clear instructions, pre-cut pieces, and inclusive collection of hardware, etc. all helped make a successful project. Indeed, building the boat provided me with so much satisfaction that I feared using it might be anticlimactic.
Boat Building Forum at Chesapeake Light Craft -- The Boat Kit …
First posted in 1999, the CLC Builder’s Forum is for builders of CLC's many boats as well as others building wooden boats. The amateur and professional builders reading and posting on this forum have an enormous wealth of knowledge drawn from …
Chesapeake Light Craft » PocketShip: 15-foot Fast-Sailing Pocket ...
Designer John C. Harris has designed, built, owned, and cruised aboard a variety of smallcraft. His first camp-cruiser as a teenager was an 11'6" rowing boat with a tent, in which he explored the upper Chesapeake, sleeping aboard. Twenty years later, he wanted a fast-sailing pocket cruiser with a dry and commodious interior.
Chesapeake Light Craft » Frequently Asked Questions About …
CLC class kits differ from kits sold and shipped individually. While home-builders and class-builders end up with the same boat at the end, it doesn't start as the same boat kit that we ship to the folks at home. There are tweaks in kits destined for classes, not the least of which is the pre-assembly before the class begins.
Marine Epoxy & Fiberglass Cloth for Boatbuilding & Boat Repair
It's the same epoxy package that we include in many of our boat kits.... $439.95 MAS #4 Economy Kit. This pre-packaged epoxy kit includes 0.5 gallon resin, 1 quart non-blushing slow hardener, 1 quart wood flour, 1 quart cell-o-fill thickener, metered dispensing pumps. Economy Kits offer the lowest prices on MAS Epoxy anywhere!
Oxford Shell: A Beautiful Recreational Rowing Shell That You Can …
Kits for the Oxford Shell Mark I have been discontinued, but plans for scratch-builders will remain in print. Build this boat if: You want an easy-to-build recreational shell suitable for all skill levels. You want sliding-seat performance in a handsome package. Other builders looked at: Oxford Shell II | Annapolis Wherry | Expedition Wherry