Friday 15 November 2013

Planning to Build a Boat? Here’s How You Can do It?

Giving a bit detailed information regarding plywood; these are synthetic timbers, which are much stronger than their natural counterparts. In the plywood, timbers are glued at 90 degrees to each other. There are four main types of plywood available in the market, namely A, B, C and D, each differing in their own built configuration, durability and strength. Basically for boat building purpose, you can go for type A and B. C and D are usually not ideal for boat building because they are comparatively less strong than the other two types. Moreover these are made up of urea, formaldehyde and resin. You also need a good marker, steel rulers, nails, a hammer, some glue (may be required) and a drilling machine.

Canoe for sale



After the plywood is selected, station and central lines are drawn on the plywood. How to draw these lines? Station lines are usually drawn 90 degrees to the centre line. 

After cutting the wood for every bend and curve of the boat, the wood components of the boat are then glued and nailed. But since plywood is used it is ideal to glue and stitch them using copper wires. It is because plywood is not that thick to hold a nail rightly. In order to hold the joints together firmly, epoxy resins are used.

You also need to paint it properly. In order to protect the boat from moisture and dampening, it is required to paint it properly. Painting protects the wood from the wrath of unwanted moisture and water. Moreover it would also give a beautiful appeal to your own creation. 

Learnt everything? Now you must be quite excited to sail your dreams on water. Start right away. Collect all the raw materials and start building your own boat.

Boat Model


If you are really looking for buying wooden boats, contact Wooden Boat USA, a division of OHM, Inc. It deals with a number of boat models like wooden boats, kayaks, canoes and many other watercraft materials. For more information browse through woodenboatusa.com

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