Welcome to Dave's Boatbuilding page The diary of building the Outboard Skiff 15 from bateau.com
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In the Beginning Finishing & Rigging Visit Jacques Mertens webpage's
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Thanks to my brother Bruce, who turned me onto bateau.com. I looked at their site and many others. I never heard of the stitch and glue method of boat construction until my brother told me about it. Being one who enjoys taking the time to build something, I found that the stitch and glue method to be very intriguing. So, after a few weeks of drooling over boat building plans on the web and listening to my brother tell me how his boat building was going, I decided to order Sam Devlin's book on stitch and glue. Having read the book in a few nights, I was now ready to tackle the problem of not having a boat head on. I knew I wanted a relatively small boat (i.e.easily trailered). I also knew I would limit most of my time on it in the Indian River. Using this, I just fell in love with the OB15 as soon as I saw it. The pictures of the boat on bataeu.com really made me want to build the boat and the size couldn't be any better. I could have built the OB18, but thought the 15 would be better. It also will fit in my garage while building it. Well, last week I picked up the plans (I live in Vero Beach so it was easier), studied them for a few nights and last Saturday started building it. This boat is not a true stitch and glue but very close. A jig is required to build it as the interior of the boat is fairly open without too many bulkheads. I am by no means an accomplished woodworker, so if I can build this boat then most anybody can (except my other two brothers). I will try to update this page while the build progresses. Well let's get on to the building. Dave This page last updated Monday, December 08, 2003. Please report any Broken Links to me |