I came across this excellent article entitled "What happens when Stitch-and-Glue boats get old", posted on John Harris's blog "The Life of Boats".
John illustrates how epoxy-coated plywood boats age, and provides info on how to maintain and repair them. It's an excellent article with very valuable info.
Here is the link to Part 1, and Part 2.
This blog is devoted to my John Welsford designed 15' Navigator yawl Ellie. I built her in my garage over a period of 18 months and launched her in 2011. She sports a sliding gunter main, roller furled jib and sprit-boomed mizzen. Her construction is glued-lapstrake over permanent bulkheads and stringers. This blog is a record of her construction and her voyages here in the Puget Sound area and (hopefully) a useful resource for fellow Navigator builders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Full Size Paper Patterns
- CNC files
- DIY Roller Furler
- DIY Jam Cleats
- DIY Boom Tent
- DIY Wooden Blocks
- DIY Folding Step Ladder
- DIY Tiller Lock
- DIY Wood & Leather Scoop Bailer
- Dinghy Cruising Packing List
- Is a Tabernacle Necessary?
- Laid Decking part 1
- Laid Decking part 2
- Nearshore Anchoring Methods
- Re-Boarding Straps
- Really Simple Sails
- Rigging my Sliding Gunter Yawl
- Self-Steering Yawls
- Setup Time
- ShopSmith Boatbuilding
- Sleeping Aboard
- Suzuki vs Honda 2hp Outboards
- Daysail Videos
- Build History