The riverman is a classic mckenzie river drift boat in the most popular and commonly used size.
Stitch and glue drift boat plans. Surf scoter 26 outboard plans 1 00 258 75. But unlike oregonstyle boats the hd has a small front deck and movable adjustable seats so the payload can be shifted forward enough to accommodate an additional fisherman behind the rower. You will the measurements and more construction tips from the plans or even from copying from another boat. This is a slow but not difficult job.
Dipper 19 plans 1 00 183 75. Each kit is specifically intended for the stitch and glue boat you are building. North haven 24 plans 5 00 195 00. It s built by the stitch and glue method so doesn t take as much woodworking skill and experience as the framed versions.
After stitching the parts epoxy glue is used to held different parts together correctly. Stitch and glue construction is assumed although all included plans can be adapted to traditional framed dory construction techinques. With stitch and glue construction no strongbacks forms or temporary frames are required to build the boats. They have free boat plans for a kayak and a dory.
The stitch and glue method is very common and most popular method to construct drift boats. These kits include copper stitching wire screws and boat nail fasteners if required silica and microspheres fillers fiberglass tape for inside laminates plus poxy shield epoxy resin for gluing making fillets encapsulating the interior and applying interior laminates. Stitch and glue booklet downloadable version 1 00. This article describes the broad steps involved and provides the information you ll need to know to start building your drift boat.
Spira international has stitch and glue dory designs drift boats skiffs powered dories and ultralight dories. Very simple 8ft boat. Plans to build the 14 riverman western mckenzie river drift boat. They have free boat plans for a kayak and a dory.
Stitch and glue kits are a must for building our stitch and glue boats. Candlefish 18 plans 1 00 116 25. Puddle duck racer the little boat that could. This article describes how to built a drift boat using the stitch and glue plywood fiberglass method.
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