Strip Built
Strip building involves bending thin (1/4-inch [6-mm] or less) pieces of wood around temporary forms, edge-gluing them together, and then fiberglassing inside and out. It is a great method for making beautiful, lightweight, small boats. Also called "Cedar Strip", "Wood Strip", "Strip Planked" etc.
Flipping the Forms and Releasing the Hull
After the stripping is done on the hull, it is time to flip it over.
Fitting the Closing Strip
After working diligently on stripping the bottom you eventually come to
Stripping up the Bottom
Stripping the bottom is much like installing the cheater strips, with the major difference that you need to shape and fit both ends of the strip so the length is correct. Since I am bookmatching these strips I also need to do this while maintaining the grain alignment.
Installing the Keel Strips
On this Petrel I chose to do a "side herringbone" stripping pattern on t
Installing the Sheer Strips
All the strips follow the first one in one way or another, therefore it
Assembling Forms to Make Strip-Planked Wooden Sea Kayak
The easiest way to set up the forms for woodstrip kayak is using an inte
Milling Cedar Strips for a Bookmatched Petrel
Cutting strips is always a little tedious. It is primarily a matter of feeding the wood through the saw. When you intend to bookmatch the strips on the boat you also need to keep the strips in order.
