Short of taking a course at a boat building school, there's nothing like our glued lapstrake plywood boat building video series for learning the ins and outs of this wooden boat building method.. I am considering building a swampscott style dory in either glued lap or stitch and glue. i have repaired small boats and can do farm carpentry but i am a beginner at boat building.. Challenger 13 by dudley dix (loa: 4 m). plywood lapstrake sailing dinghy. specs, plans, more challenging to build than stitch & glue boats,.
Someone i really respect has suggested that lapstrake/clinker ply is an easier construction method for a boat building novice then s&g for larger boats (size unspecified, but probably 16' and more).. Traditional lapstrake boatbuilding employs molds over which planks are a clc lapstitch kit boat is wired together just like a stitch-and-glue kayak.. Stitch-and-glue boat building, along with the development of epoxy and modern mahogany marine plywood, has revolutionized and revitalized wooden boat building. this method of boat building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less.
