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2. Stitch and glue - Wikipedia

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   Stitch and glue is a simple boat building method which uses plywood panels temporarily stitched together, typically with wire or zip-ties, and glued together permanently with epoxy resin. This type of construction can eliminate much of the need for frames or ribs. [1] Plywood panels are cut to shape and stitched together to form an accurate ...

3. Ancient shipbuilding techniques - Wikipedia

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   Ancient shipbuilding techniques. Ancient boat building methods can be categorized as one of hide, log, sewn, lashed-plank, clinker (and reverse-clinker), shell-first, and frame-first. While the frame-first technique dominates the modern ship construction industry, the ancients relied primarily on the other techniques to build their watercraft.

4. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Boat building. Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull, with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other service systems as the craft requires. [1]

5. John Gardner (boat builder) - Wikipedia

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   From 1969 to 1995 Gardner was Associate Curator of Small Craft at Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut. He was technical editor of National Fisherman magazine. Gardner was called the "Dean of American Small Craft" and the father of the modern wooden boat revival. [4] His work in marine history and in analyzing traditional boat designs preserved ...

6. Clinker (boat building) - Wikipedia

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   Clinker -built (also known as lapstrake) [1][2] is a method of boat building in which the edges of hull planks overlap each other. Where necessary in larger craft, shorter planks can be joined end to end, creating a longer strake or hull plank. The technique originated in Scandinavia, and was employed by the Anglo-Saxons, Frisians, and ...

7. Hacker-Craft - Wikipedia

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   Hacker Boat Co. Hacker-Craft is the name given to boats built by The Hacker Boat Co. It is an American company, founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1908 by John Ludwig Hacker (1877–1961, known as John L. Hacker or just "John L.") and is one of the oldest constructors of wooden motor boats in the world. The company moved operations to New York ...