Strip planking newbie question

[gonzo]

If you use fasteners gluing is a moot point. You may want to do it, but is not necessary; particularly if you fiberglass the hull. You guys are really complicating one of the simplest boatbuilding methods.

[ancient kayaker]

Originally Posted by rwatson

. . . Gotcha!

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Originally Posted by rwatson

Sometimes, the problems associated with cleaning out the inside of framed boats while building, then become the problems of keeping the frames or ribs clean and mould/water free and the problems of the fasteners holding the ribs on letting in moisture.

At least with canoes you can usually store them in dry places, unlike larger craft that have to live in the open.

I have helped maintain traditionally built clinker sailing dinghys that get a lot of use, and all the problems are associated with the dirt and damp accumulating in the voids between ribs and planks, and various other attachments.

The 'epoxy free brigade' have a case if they are allergic to the stuff, but I would rather spend half the time building, and one fifth the time in maintenance over the life of the boat than be able to claim smugly, it was 'all timber' construction.

Good points, all of them. I am sort of an experimental builder, I guess, in that I like to try out new (to me) ideas. So I should admit a few things, like my glass-free and epoxy-minimal boats are dry moored for example, and I am not sure I want to do another ribbed boat unless I can speed up the process. Different strokes . . .