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The one sheet boat (OSB, cf. oriented strand board) is an outgrowth of the stitch and glue technique. The OSB is a boat that can be built using a single sheet of 4 foot by 8 foot plywood (1.22 m × 2.44 m). Some additional wood is often used, for supports, chines, or as a transom, though some can be built entirely with the sheet of plywood ...
There are many methods to loft a set of plans. Generally, boat building books have a detailed description of the lofting process, beyond the scope of this article. Plans can be lofted on a level wooden floor, marking heavy paper such as Red Rosin for the full-sized plans or directly on plywood sheets.
A subdivision of the sheet plywood boat building method is known as the stitch-and-glue method, [8] where pre-shaped panels of plywood are drawn together then edge glued and reinforced with fibreglass without the use of a frame. [9] Metal or plastic ties, nylon fishing line or copper wires pull curved flat panels into three-dimensional curved ...
The Frosty is a racing sailboat, usually built of wood, using two 4 by 8 ft (1.2 by 2.4 m) sheets of 0.25 in (6.4 mm) plywood and assembled using an epoxy stitch and glue technique. [1] [2] The design has a pram hull with no chines or internal framing and has only one bulkhead.
The book includes plans for Gypsy (15' sail/oar/outboard), Nymph (7'9" dinghy with sail option), Diablo (15' motor boat for up to 25 HP outboard) as well as 8 more "traditional instant boats" using the chine log method: 16' Lug-rigger Windsprint, 6'5" Tortoise, 8' Skimmer, Dynamite Sailboard, 16'June Bug, Madeline a 19'6" Pedal-driven ...
Early models were usually made from plywood. More recent models have been made from fiberglass . Variations on the design include the daggerboard -equipped El Toro from the Richmond Yacht Club in San Francisco Bay Area , the US Sabot , the " Naples Sabot " from Naples community of Long Beach, California , as well as Australian varieties, such ...
The Cherry 16 is a 4.864 m (15.96 ft) light weight trailer sailer designed by Frank Pelin in the 1970s. [2] [3] The hull is assembled from plywood using the stitch and glue method and can be assembled by an amateur boat builder.
The Do-it-yourself Mermaid is an 11 foot (3.4m) plywood sailing dinghy designed by Roger Hancock in 1962. Usually built at home, it is suitable for a crew of two or three. It can be sailed, rowed or motored and can be trailed or car-topped. The boat is gunter rigged, with one size of jib. A spinnaker is used for racing.