I always just butt-joined all mine and never had any sort of fairness problems. On a couple of them, every full-length strip on the boat had at least...
This is only 14' long, but is one type of dory-ish boat that can be built with strips and clear fiberglass/epoxy resin. At this size, you can pretty...
That's all fine, but some folks don't seem to be able to tell the difference between a sail (or boat) made for cutting edge competition and one made...
A quick point of order for the record on sewing scrim fabrics ("fabrics" made with plastic film containing a rather large grid of reinforcing fibers...
One coat of resin is usually not enough to really protect well, though it obviously depends on how thick your coats are. Gougeon Brothers suggest two...
I have no real problem with the idea of a 3/16"-1/4" thick cold molded core if that's what you want to do. It should be fairly similar in weight to a...
It all depends on how many rocks you plan to encounter, up close and personal. A typical stripper construction will withstand a lot of rock hits with...
Can be good, can be bad. The first thing that is great about making a small cotton sail is that you are free from the danger of putting ugly creases...
Polyester thread is the best bet - good strength, best UV life and it runs through the machine pretty smoothly. As you noted, nylon has poor UV life...
Hand-caned seats are nicer than the pre-woven-with-spline style (and probably more fun to make if you enjoy projects) but I don't think they are any...
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