planking

Hello I am 21 years old and have reached the stage of planking a wood boat carvel style. I am a college student and obviously don’t have money to spare. I know the most common used and best suitable woods to plank but I was wondering if I could use SPF to plank. the boat is a 16ft petrel. I...

Hi everyone I am thinking to build a 44 feet wooden trimaran (20-44-20) out of wood with traditional planking method mainly used in Indonesia. High density wood for keel, frames and stiffeners while softer one like cedar or teak for the planking and bulkheads etc etc. The pre-calculated weight...

Little 6.5m catboat I designed and built way back in '95. She has a freestanding wingmast and a lifting keel. Construction is cedar strip over plywood frames.

design A.Rochian. fiberglass composite 27 ft cruiser

Good shot of tabernacle and the strip planking allows the boat to be kept on a trailer without any probs. There is more information about this project on my website. http://members.ozemail.com.au/`storerm Also much information about modern timber boat construction including FAQs etc

Fenwick Williams Catboat in strip planking. Rescantling, Designed timber mast tabernacle and a lightweighted birdsmouth mast so one person can get it up and down. Optimised foils and provided templates Timber mast tabernacleThere is more information about this project on my website...

The IOD 48" can be built with plank-on-frame technique using balsa wood covered with thin fiberglass. Plans in an IOD Assembly Manual are available from Milton Thrasher for $5 cash. Mail to him at 4258 Hearthstone Drive, Sarasota, FL 34238