Posted in canoes, sit inside boats, stitch and glue boat designs, stitch and glue boats, stitch and glue canoes | tagged adventure canoes, boundary waters canoes, car toppable boats, expedition canoes, fast solo canoes, solo expedition canoes, stitch and glue boats, stitch and glue canoes, tripping canoes | leave a reply. Stitch-and-glue construction, along with the development of epoxy and modern mahogany marine plywood, has revolutionized and revitalized wooden boat building. stitch-and-glue boat building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less skill.. These step by step videos show the stitch-and-glue kayak construction process. all of our boat kits are built using this "stitch-n-glue" construction. the panel shapes differ, but the stitch and glue steps are nearly identical..
John custom designed a stitch & glue canoe for me several years ago. he paddled it, listened to my construction comments & designed the osprey ii. so i built it too. i built the first canoe on a strongback, using external frames. more on those later. it has has 5 panel shapes - bottom, chine, lower side, upper side, shear (2 of each).. I use both conventional stitch and glue and the duct tape assembly method for different canoe designs. to see what i have available have a look at my plywood canoe construction comparison page. plans can be ordered from that page too. here we have bob bauze building a eureka in the duckflat boatbuilding school.. The stitch & glue method was developed to build complex vessels out of flat sheets of stock. a similar method is used for larger ships made of steel and aluminum. here lightweight, strong marine okoume plywood is used..
