If your going to build a boat, you need to do some research. White pine is out of the question, it’s crap for building other than models. Long leif yellow pine is good for building boats. You wont a wood that will last and is easy to work, use Cypress. It’s the best wood ever to build a boat out of. Building a regular boat is hard work and lots of time. A sailboat will take half again as much time. You will find it far cheaper to buy one already built. Leave this to the pros, unless you really good at woodwork.
Description of a Boat . A BIG HOLE IN THE WATER YOU THROUGH MONEY INTO.
A good option is okume plywood, or another kind of marine ply. Keep in mind that the hull is only 1/3 the cost of a sailboat. Add another 1/3 for the sails and rigging and another 1/3 for a motor (if it’s going to have one).
The most boat you can get for the least amount of money is an outrigger sailing canoe. The polynesians explored and settled the south pacific for centuries before Cook ‘discovered’ them. See the source link below for two easy but very sea worthy designs.
You MUST use a marine-grade timber; remember that the cost of the timber is buttons compared to the value of your time, and it is just not worth building junk – nor building a boat which is likely to rot quickly.
If you follow the recommendation to consider plywood, go for a proper marine ply; no substitutes whatever!
If you want a traditionally planked boat and you particularly want a pine, pitch pine is the only marine type, and pitch pine on oak or elm frames has an excellent track record.
Otherwise larch on oak or elm, cedar, mahogany, teak, iroko are all classic boatbuilding timbers.
If your going to build a boat, you need to do some research. White pine is out of the question, it’s crap for building other than models. Long leif yellow pine is good for building boats. You wont a wood that will last and is easy to work, use Cypress. It’s the best wood ever to build a boat out of. Building a regular boat is hard work and lots of time. A sailboat will take half again as much time. You will find it far cheaper to buy one already built. Leave this to the pros, unless you really good at woodwork.
Description of a Boat . A BIG HOLE IN THE WATER YOU THROUGH MONEY INTO.
I would recommend you take a look at cedar.
Be looking for highly rot-resistant wood.
Think white oak.
Try this link. This forum on wooden boats is fairly comprehensive.
http://www. woodenboat. com/forum/index. php
A good option is okume plywood, or another kind of marine ply. Keep in mind that the hull is only 1/3 the cost of a sailboat. Add another 1/3 for the sails and rigging and another 1/3 for a motor (if it’s going to have one).
The most boat you can get for the least amount of money is an outrigger sailing canoe. The polynesians explored and settled the south pacific for centuries before Cook ‘discovered’ them. See the source link below for two easy but very sea worthy designs.
You MUST use a marine-grade timber; remember that the cost of the timber is buttons compared to the value of your time, and it is just not worth building junk – nor building a boat which is likely to rot quickly.
If you follow the recommendation to consider plywood, go for a proper marine ply; no substitutes whatever!
If you want a traditionally planked boat and you particularly want a pine, pitch pine is the only marine type, and pitch pine on oak or elm frames has an excellent track record.
Otherwise larch on oak or elm, cedar, mahogany, teak, iroko are all classic boatbuilding timbers.