Art's Boat Build

My battens have now been ripped and fit to the frames. I had to deepen the pre-cut notches to get the battens to lay flush with the frame co...

After the confirmation that this boat will make it out of the basement, I secured my frame pieces to the leveled form rails. After checking ...

The basement exercise room became the room of choice for building the boat....never got any use as an exercise room anyway. I didn't wan...

Before totally committing to building a boat in the basement, one needs some kind of proof its not going to be Noah's ark waiting for th...

The transom is built from 3/4" Okoume plywood. The layout lines were transferred to the plywood with carbon paper to show outer contour...

During early November 2009, frame construction took place. Frame pictures show surfaces that have been encapsulated with clear epoxy and san...

I decided to make templates from the plans for most of the parts in the frames. Using the carbon paper, lines were traced onto material to m...