Welcome /Croeso
Thought about building a lightweight canoe from just two sheets of 4mm ply.
This is the story so far!
Purchased Little Kate plans fom Selway Fisher. Building method, "Stitch & Glue"
After buying 2 x sheets of 4mm exterior ply, they were joined using a scarf joint and glued together with epoxy resin. The measurments from the plans were transferred onto one sheet of ply resulting in four separate panels known as chines, these were cut out using a fine toothed handsaw and then used to trace the chines onto the second sheet of ply (you can see the scarf joint in the first picture). To join the chines ("stitch them together"), corresponding holes were drilled in each chine and cable ties inserted. As these were tightened the canoe began to take shape quite quickly. Three formers, made from 12mm mdf, were fitted inside to keep the shape and "stitched " to the chines with cable ties.
Inside has been sanded ready for taping, using 2"fibreglass tape and epoxy resin. Next job is to sand inner and outer gunwales ready for varnishing.........won't be too long before it's finished.
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