- Part 1 The Background
- 1 Introduction
- The Strip-Building Method
- What You Need to Build a Boat
- Three Strip-Building Projects
- 2 Materials
- Wood
- Resin
- Reinforcing Fabrics
- Glues
- Tape
- Waxed Paper
- Paint and Varnish
- 3 Tools
- Hand Tools
- Power Tools
- Safety Equipment
- 4 Lofting
- Offset Tables
- Cutting Forms
- Aligning Forms
- Inner Stems and Transoms
- 1 Introduction
- Part 2 The Building Process
- 5 Getting Started
- Setting Up Shop
- Milling Strips
- Setting Up Forms
- 6 Stripping the Hull
- The First Strips
- The Next Strips
- Filling In
- The Boat Bottom
- Closing
- 7 Fairing the Hull
- Scraping
- Planing
- Sanding the Wood
- Sharp Corners
- Wetting the Wood
- 8 Staining
- 9 Fiberglassing
- Using Epoxy
- Preparation
- Cutting the Glass
- Wetting Out the Cloth
- Fill Coats
- 10 Finishing
- Final Fill Coats
- Sanding
- Varnishing
- Buffing Out the Finish
- 5 Getting Started
- Part 3 Boats You Can Build
- 11 Coot: A Pram-Bowed Dinghy
- Strongback and Forms
- Transoms
- Stripping
- Glassing
- Gunwales
- Finishing
- 12 Nymph: A Solo Canoe for Double Paddle
- Strongback and Forms
- Stems
- Stripping
- 13 Petrel: A Sea Kayak for Rough Waters
- Strongback and Forms
- Stems
- Stripping
- Cockpit Recess
- 11 Coot: A Pram-Bowed Dinghy
- Appendix A Maintenance and Repair
- Appendix B Safety
- Appendix C English and Metric Conversion Factors
- Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
Once more I will be supporting Chesapeake Light Craft at Canoecopia. I generally am working on a boat building demonstration in their booth and I will do a presentation or two.
