At the goolwa wooden boat festival, rough and ready race 2017, my new found boat friend, paul cleaver, won with his brilliant design and build. the side wheeler punt, punty mcpuntface swept around the buoy, elbowing out all comers (including loud americans), to take a victorious bow.. In a wood epoxy boat there can be no areas for moisture to seep in and rot the wood. all of the "slop" areas of epoxy on raw wood will disappear as the area gets it's own covering of epoxy. the keel, which is the backbone of the boat, was applied in five layers.. The wooden boat blog bringing you the latest stories from other boat restorers and builders plus advice and tips on building and restoring wooden boats, and boats for sale..
Chummy rich is a fifth generation boat builder from bernard, maine. like his forebears going back to the 1800's, he is a master of the craft of building wooden boats. in this thirty minute film. A site dedicated to amateur boat building, with an on-line catalog of boat plans and kits, bulletin board, project registry, builder photos, news letters,. A blog about wooden boat building, considerations before you start, how to select a design,plans,timber, equipment to use, how to go about getting started.
