Brushes, Squeegees and Rollers all have advantages and disadvantages for boatbuilding epoxy coating. This explains and provides useful tips.

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COVID doesn't need to end fun things. What simple boats could be built at home during quarantine and social distancing. Here are mine.

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Teo's Weekly Video series building a plywood sailing dinghy - the performance oriented Goat Island Skiff. Domonstration of building methods. He is currently up to week 18 (March 2020)

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One recurring problem with plywood foils, centreboards, leeboards and rudders is that over time they tend to break unexpectedly.

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One of the best instructional videos on the net. How will Chris Heubert of the creative steampunk website LostWax go building a plywood canoe - he normally builds amazing things out of common materials, provides patterns and "how to" videos.

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How do I get nice looking intervals for the inwale spacers on my boat? Photos. How many expensive clamps do I need for the job?

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By simplifying the design, you simplify the build. By eliminating or simplifying processes the build is further simplified. Examples that will make your boat simpler, lighter and better at what it is meant to do.

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A 12lb canoe. The idea was to build a Rushton Wee Lassie in balsa strip with very light glass. The boat ended up being fairly durable despite not being interested in durability. As far as I was concerned I was going to be happy if it lasted a couple of years before being chucked into a dumpster somewhere. But five years later it was still beautiful despite good use.

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A good centreboard or leeboard is as important as a good sail. We use a simple templates for quick and accurate shaping. Making without the templates … several were feeling that they couldn’t make them to a greater accuracy than 1/16th of an inch.

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How sailing and paddling canoe shapes differ.

How traditional canoe designs work really well and a lot of modern ones don't.

Building a canoe - is ply or cedar strip better?

How to build a lightweight canoe - selection of materials - ply vs strip plank and timber species

Books for canoebuilding.

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