" THE VIDEO IS FAR AND AWAY THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN ON THE SUBJECT AND ENTERTAINING ENOUGH FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, REGARDLESS OF BOAT-PHOBIC TENDENCIES, TO ENJOY." ....Watercraft May/June 02

The Zen of Wooden Kayak Building

How to Build a Lightweight boat (not just a kayak)

A CLC production.

APPLICABLE TO ANY PLY/EPOXY CRAFT

See a demonstration of the techniques involved in building a modern light weight stitch and glue boat. The video follows the construction of a Chesapeake 16 but all the techniques are equally applicable to any ply/epoxy craft.

EASY

This professionally made video is designed to meet the needs of people who have never built a boat before and are unable to attend any courses. It proves that the techniques are very easy .

EVERYTHING COVERED

The video starts with the kit as it arrives and goes through the process of identifying the pre-cut parts, gluing the scarf joints and avoiding misalignments. Stitching is shown, followed by filleting, glass taping, shrouding with fabric and epoxy coating the inside of the hull, plus common errors and how to avoid them. Considerable emphasis is placed on getting a perfect finish; after the hull is epoxy coated it is sanded with successively finer grades of paper and finished with varnish.

FUN

13 boats were built during the filming to ensure that every aspect of the work was covered in detail. The presenter uses wit and comic timing to keep the viewer entertained during the learning process.

Only £13.95 at the checkout

Make your modern sailing boat look (and work) like a salty classic.

A 'How to' practical guide by David L. Nichols.

The Golden Age of Sail is long past, sadly, and much of its lore is nearly extinct. Sailing boats now almost uniformly use the Bermudan sloop rig - a triangular jib and a triangular mainsail. But that rig evolved mainly to meet esoteric yacht racing measurement rules. It is not necessarily the most efficient or effective rig. This book lets sailors rediscover the practical advantages and the aesthetic delights of such configurations as the sprit rig, the gaff rig, the lugsail, and the gunter rig. It also includes valuable information on marlinspike work like rope-whipping and eye-splicing; and tips on converting your modern sailboat to a traditional rig.

The beauty and practicality of the lug sail, the gaff sail and more. Marlinspike basics and tips on rigging and how to retrofit a modern boat with a traditional sail.

David L Nichols has been building boats and making sails for approximately fifteen years.
When he isn't designing sails or building boats you will find him in the boats he has designed and built. He feels that the only way to truly understand boats and sails is to use them.
A graduate of the University of Texas, he has written for many boating magazines as well as writing and producing boat building videos.