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Tag: boatbuilding

Wood-epoxi boat plans for the amateur builder

Stitch-and-glue: the perfect boatbuilding method?

Boats have been built for thousands of years, most of which using wood as main building material. From carved logs to strip-planking, many are the methods to build wooden boats. From the 20th century on, other materials such as steel, aluminum, GRP and advanced composites were used. Each method and combination of materials has its…
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Making Polytarp Sails

Homemade polytarp sails are affordable and easy to make. They make excelent, durable and proffessional-looking sails! Polytarp sails have been around for many years. They gained popularity with boatbuilders because they were cheap, easy to make, and made decent sails for one-off amateur-built small boats. When we started designing sailboats we decided to offer sail…
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