Descriptions of various boat building methods for the amateur boat builder, including plywood, stitch-n-glue,steel,one-off fiberglass, and aluminum. for a description of the boatbuilding methods used to build the boats in glen-l catalog see the various catagories listed below.. 4 wooden boat building techniques. there are four basic wooden boat building construction techniques used by home boat builders. these are the stitch and tape, the ply on frame, the strip planking, and the clinker ply.. Construction materials and methods * wood – the traditional boat building material that was and is still used for hull and spar construction. it is buoyant, cheap, widely available and easily worked. as such, it is a popular material for amateur builders, especially for small boats (of e.g. 6-metre length; such as dinghies and sharpies)..
For this reason alone, it is likely someone somewhere will always be building wooden cruising boats, and that other people will always be sailing them. plank-on-frame construction. this is the most traditional method of building a wood boat. the principle is simple, though the details are complex.. Plywood is a very versatile material widely used in wood boat construction. it is dimensionally stable and needs only to be epoxy coated to protect it from moisture to become an almost ideal boatbuilding material. several construction techniques are used to fabricate boats from plywood.. Wooden boat construction by mark smaalders (published in the sept/oct 2000 issue of good old boat) how they're built and repaired - and the many good reasons for owning one. people have built, paddled and sailed boats for tens of thousands of years..
