Boat Building Techniques

Installing the cockpit recess and getting going on sanding and fairing.

This is the Strip Built Petrel design.

Here I trim off the strips at the feature line, add an accent strip along the trimmed edges and then complete the stripping of the rest of the deck

This is the Strip Built Petrel design.

Fitting in the Whiskey strip of the closing strip on the bottom.

I scarf together sheer strips and then strip the deck up to before installing some accent strips at the deck feature lines

This is the Strip Built Petrel design.

I didn't put much dialog on this video Continuing on the bottom. Fitting both ends of strips in a precise manner.

Continuing on the bottom. Fitting both ends of strips in a precise manner.

I use a new method for quickly trimming and fitting the keel or centerline of a strip built boat. I use a router running against a fence to trim off the excess length and make a consistent width slot that can be filled with a 1/4" wide strip.

Starting to fit the ends of strips

Hand beveling the chine strip and then filling in the bottom..

Hand beveling the chine strip and then filling in the bottom.