Small Boat Building


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Series on building the 13 foot boat, a robust sailing skiff, with leeboards, kickup rudder etc.
This is a narrative series, not building instruction.
The 13 foot boat

Building a Sprit sailing rig for a small dingy - an inexpensive method.

Building a Faux Birds Mouth Mast - by Andrew Linn - complete illustrated instructions. (adapted and listed with his permission)

Building a Puddle Duck (PD) Racer an 8 ft scow type boat.

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Series of pages on building a small flat bottomed, almost double ended plywood boat from 2 sheets of plywood. Construction details.

the DH Boat with diagrams.

the DH Boat page 1 with hull photos.

the DH Boat page 2 with hull detail photos.

the DH Boat page 3 with leeboard pictures.

the DH Boat page 4 with rudder pictures

the DH Boat page 5 with oar pictures

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Painted Oar also measures depth.

the skiff Molly

the skiff Molly Launching and sailing

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Historical S. Texas boat types from Howard I. Chapelle

Port Isabel Scow Sloop

the Gulf Schooner - scow style

the Garvey yacht -


Plans

updated 15 Sept. 2010


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