Building the Bouchie Dory Part 15 – The Garboard Planks In the world of wooden boats we refer to the lowest planks near the keel as the “garboards”. Where that name comes from is hard to say. The vikings called them kjølbord. Kjøl means keel, so it stands...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 14 – Installing the bottom This is a big day. Technically our first plank! On a hard chine hull, such as this, the bottom is a big deal. it takes 90% of the abuse. It is under more strain than any other part of the boat. If...
Make a Bundle Batten fom Trash Bundle battens are simple shop-made tools for drawing fair tight curves. This is one of those tools you can make while taking advantage of what would otherwise be scrap and if you’re lucky, you can use materials that don’t...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 13 – Fairing the building jig This is one of those moments in the process of building a boat where you find out exactly how well you executed all your previous tasks going right back to the lofting stage. In theory if you’ve...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 12 – Scarfing the bottom panel The introduction of waterproof plywood was a boon to the boatbuilding trade and there was a time when you could order it in any length you choose right from the mill but those days are...
