The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Started cutting the strips using the awesome woodshop at BARN http://bainbridgebarn.org/.
Since BARN is a community workshop I am trying to do as much prep work as possible before planking and glassing.

I recently bought the plans for the Chaa Creek Expedition. I was inspired by the photo of Ted working with locals to build them in Belize. I run a non-profit organization that operates primarily in Nicaragua and Honduras. I have been dreaming for many years of introducing wood plank construction to ...

Thanks for the tips. I recently built a kayak with 3/16 strips and I was impressed with the strength of the hull but it is a 16 foot hull. The Chaa Creek is over 19 feet so I was a bit concerned about going 3/16... especially about sanding 3/4 inch wide strips. The 3/16 material I have in my collect...

I am preparing to build a Chaa Creek Expedition. The plans call for 1/4 inch thick strips. I came across quite a bit of material already cut to 3/16 and was wondering if 3/16 inch would be ok for 3/4 inch wide strips.