Builder's Blog: The Unlikely Boat Builder

16 January 2010
Easy is Overrated

Once or twice a week, I get gentle (and sometimes not so gentle) comments or emails from readers, asking me, in one way or another "Why do you do everything the hard way?!?!"

An easy answer would be, because my goal is not just to build a boat, but to learn how traditional wooden boats are put together, so I can maintain a larger wooden boat, such as the Blue Moon.

I have absolutely nothing against modern techniques like stitch and glue, but building such a craft (as attractive as one seems as my deadline looms), would not help me understand traditional wooden boat construction.

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Inside IYRS: Back from break

Written by: Tom
1/18/2010 9:49 PM

The first years get to tackle some new lofting projects while the 2nd years keep on planking.

Everyone's back from vacation, and they've hit the ground running.

Let's start off with the 12 1/2, since she tends to get relegated to the middle of the column every week. And, besides, she's just looking exceptionally pretty these days.

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