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Most have never heard of Sam S. Rabl, a naval architect, author and innovator of small boat building methods. Sam was at the height of his career back in the mid-forties, when he wrote several books and numerous boatbuilding articles. Most of his works are now long gone, so why should you care about this […]
After 3 years of off-and-on construction, rounding up materials, and figuring out how to do things (including perusing the Glen-L forums), we finally lauched our TNT last weekend. The boat is a birthday present to our two kids, who shortly will be 15 & 18 and who assisted me in building it. My dad and […]
Today we’re going to talk about fiberglassing a wood boat. Many are under the impression that when you apply fiberglass to a wood hull, it makes it structurally stronger and therefore, thinner or less quality wood can be used. This is NOT correct. First, let’s define what we mean by “fiberglass”. We are referring to […]
Today we’re going to talk about a couple of subjects. First, that boatbuilding is not an exact science, and second, about planking a boat. So did you know that building a boat is a pretty forgiving project? We occasionally get calls from machinists who are building our boats and they really have an issue with […]
Just as promised in my last post, this is all about the building form of your boat. My father wrote the following article which really paints a vivid picture of what is involved in the process. There are a couple of terms in the article that not everyone will understand so here are the definitions: […]
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