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Re: OT: Seeking Plywood Boat Plans [long post]
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Posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on October 21, 2005 at 04:36:34 from (209.71.222.36):
In Reply to: Re: OT: Seeking Plywood Boat Plans [long post] posted by Tim B in MA on October 20, 2005 at 09:41:30:
I don't think you will get a useable boat out of one sheet of plywood, but putting together a dinghy is a great project. Years ago I built an 8 1/2 foot version of Howard Chapelle's pram in Gardner's book, Building Classic Small Craft, then powered it with a 1.2 Eska outboard. It gave 5 miles per hour, measured by the charts, regardless of load. Later I repowered it with a 2 cylinder Johnson 3 hp. The larger engine was much quieter and smoother, but it still gave the same speed, 5 mph. The pram, btw, appeared in the Launchings column of Woodenboat, issue 86. If you can find 10' lengths of clear eastern white cedar, this is definitely the craft to build. If not, I've seen a number of Nutshell Prams around the waterway. Featured in Woodenboat Magazine, the design uses plywood with epoxy seams, and seems both simple to build and useful as a boat.
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