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| Introduction | |
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| The Virtues of Small and Simple Boats   | |
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| How We'll Build Them | |
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| Three Simple Ways to Build Ultrasimple Boats | |
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| The Simplified Chine Log Method Stitch-and-Glue Polyurethane | |
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| Stitch and Glue Epoxy Stitch and Glue Your Choice | |
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| Materials and Tools | |
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| Plywood Buying | |
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| Plywood Lumber | |
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| Buying Lumber | |
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| Adhesives Epoxy | |
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| Polyurethane Glues Paint and Varnish Tools | |
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| Basic Skills Working with Lumber | |
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| Marking Cutting Working with Saws Joining | |
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| Lengths of Lumber Working with Plywood panels | |
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| Marking out using coordinates Cutting the panels | |
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| Making Butt Joints Using Fasteners Pre-drilling holes | |
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| Working with hand drills | |
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| Using hammers and driving nails | |
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| Using screwdrivers and driving screws(sidebar: Working with Chisels) | |
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| Working with Glues | |
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| Using polyurethane glue(sidebar: PL Hints from Bryant Owen) | |
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| Using Epoxy | |
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| Building the Hull Building with the Simplified Chine Log Method | |
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| Cleats for bulkheads and frames | |
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| Cleats for the transoms | |
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| Assembling the Bulkheads, Transoms, and Sides Adding Chine logs Building | |
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| Stitch-and-Glue Style Bulkheads and Frames Initial Assembly Taping versus "Stitching" Making Fillets with polyurethane Making Fillets with epoxy Covering the hull Adding a Skeg Inwales, gunwales, breasthooks and quarter knees(sidebar: Home Made Clamps) | |
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| Finishing Your Boat Painting | |
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| Painting with water-based paint | |
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| Painting with oil-based paint Varnishing | |
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| Fitting out and Rigging Fittings | |
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| Paddling and rowing gear (sidebar: A Rowing Rant) | |
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| Sailing Gear Daggerboards, leeboards, and rudders | |
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| Spars | |
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| Sails Rigging(sidebar: Knots) | |
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| Preventing rot | |
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| Model making | |
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| Let's Build Some Boats | |
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| Minimouse and Micromouse: two tiny, flat-bottom double-paddle prams | |
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| Hull Decks Seats Les Brown's Micromouse | |
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| Lilypad: a stone-simple punt | |
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| Mouse and Rowing | |
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| Mouse: a V-bottomed messabout pram for double-paddle or oars | |
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| Cruising Mouse: a two-person rowing or paddling pram with carrying capacity | |
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| PoorBoy: a small outboard skiff | |
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| Dogsbody: a larger outboard boat | |
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| Jiggity: an "ultrasimplified" Auray punt | |
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| Aurette: a small sailing Auray punt | |
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| Piragua: a pirogue | |
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| Cinderella: a double-paddle canoe with a "roundish" bottom | |
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| Flying Mouse: a child's sailing pramString Sailing | |
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| Eek!: a larger, sportier sailing pram for more experienced kids and small adults | |
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| Puddle Duck Racer: the world's simplest racing class? | |
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| Summer Breeze: a versatile rowing/sailing skiff | |
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| Using the Simplified Chine Log Method Stem and transom | |
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| Frame Assembling the Sides | |
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| Installing the Bottom | |
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| Using stitch and glue Finishing the Hull Rowing | |
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| Accoutrements Sailing Rig | |
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| Doris the Dory: a rowing and sailing expedition boat   | |
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| What Shall We Build Next? | |
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| A gallery of appealing designs | |
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| Phil Bolger Teal His 'n' Hers Schooners | |
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| Micro Jim Michalak AF3 AF4 Ladybug Harmonica Murray Isles Swallowdale 15 Swan Bay | |
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| Pepper Gal | |
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| John Welsford | |
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| Houdini Tread | |
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| Lightly Trover | |
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| Jacques Mertens-Goosens CK 17 Otter 16 | |
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| Indian River | |
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| Skiff Conrad | |
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| Natzio Sandpiper | |
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| Oystercatcher | |