Building The Total Boat

Great video. I'm actually starting my first skiff in October. Only thing I've ever made that I've been unsure about.

Bateau.com and the forum are fun to poke around. Numerous wood boat designs, plans, and boat builders. Very cool site. I wish I had the skill and patience!

Post a thread in here when you start that building that thing.

It's an awesome learning experience

ETA: There's some great online message boards where guys that build wooden yachts for a living are willing to share advice. Also, Bateau plans are real nice, but depends on how big of a boat you're building as to their worth. I designed the one i built (but sadly never finished) using delftShip. But I also had ample free time and was in college back then so I doubt I'd have the time to do that. You can find free Panga Plans online to that are great if you want to build something that style.

Are you thinking Stitch and glue? Mine was strip on frame which made it a royal pain in the arse.

To me, paying for plans for a 12' flat bottom just wouldn't be worth it, but they'd also be relatively inexpensive.

If you've got any questions about getting the project started up/what the essentials are shoot me an email. It's my username at outlook. I'm no expert but I did a lot of things on my own, and learned about 5 different ways not to build a boat before it started looking like one.

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Couldn't be more true. I started building the first one because I was a broke college kid that wanted a boat. But it turned out to be a surpringly therapeutic hobby. I was planning on starting another build soon, but turns out the next build is going to be the bottom four feet of my house instead of a boat.

I've got some glass an epoxy that isn't going to get used. The epoxy may not be good anymore because it say in my truck for a while. I'll measure it up and see how much I have if you want it fo free

It would probably get just sd bad here. Football, baseball, volleyball, religion, dancing, wife wants to redo the bathroom...... I should be able to get to my projects by the time I retire. Thanks for the offer, sorry to hear about your home.

Episode 11 Bump


Really good tips on cutting holes with a hole saw and how to use a planer. I would love to spend a week in this dudes shop learning from him.

It's Time for Varnish Bump

Boats looking really great.

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Up there in Yankee land (watched ep.33) he never talks about bugs, but in LA like AL we got them even in winter, and they love the wet sheen and end up on your finish. So when finishing besides wanting a cleaner dust free environment, than he's showing, you'll also want to do everything possible to keep the creepy crawly's away.

They'll inevitably fly in the wet finish and leaves tracks, as well as when working at night critters like moths will fly in your florescence (dislodging crap).

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I watched damned near every episode of this guy's boat build the other night when I couldn't sleep. Took him 3 years and although it was tedious, it makes you feel like you might be able to do it. Which is scary because it'd be a huge waste of money when I get 5 minutes in and realize I cant. This is all 3 years in 3 minutes fast forwarded. He has a bunch of episodes of the process. I don't think this captures the final product, but he has it in one of his videos (boat finished, not rigged up)