Nick Schade provides step-by-step instructions for building strip-built boats, as well as every thing you need to know about materials, tools, and safety. Learn his tips for adapting your favorite boat design to strip construction and ideas for decorative treatments. Complete plans for a canoe, a kayak and a dinghy are included.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: The Background

Introduction

Materials

Tools

Making the building form

Part 2: The Building Process

Getting Started

Stripping the Hull

Fairing

Staining

Fiberglassing

Finishing

Part 3: Boats You Can Build

Coot: A pram bowed dinghy

Nymph: A solo canoe for double paddle

Petrel: A sea kayak for rough waters

 

by Nick Schade
280 pp., softcover