So, everyone is wondering how me and dad came to know about building and the steps involved in it. Well, there is not secret and we're convinced that anyone dreaming of embarking on such an endeavour can achieve it within a reasonable time frame. It only requires a little bit of knowledge about tools and a lot research. Below is a bit about the research we did and the courses that got us started.
Devlin Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuoy1dGOxFI
Sam Devlin is a well-known designer and boat builder and the video link above can fairly be qualified as THE video that started it all for us. Though in this particular video he's only building a small boat, the ease of the work and the novel technique known as "stitch-and-glue" (new to us at least) inspired us a lot forward in our project. He was the one to actually show us that our dream was not as unattainable as it has seemed for so many years.
A link to his website:
http://devlinboat.com/
He does sell a number of plans for people who are willing to build their own boat at home but we found none that fit in the factors that we were looking for for our first boat.
Home Boat Building
This course is spread over two DVD's and teaches the basics of boat building from a stack of plywood sheets right up to the finished boat on the water. Presented by MrAlec Jordan, this course is definitely a MUST-HAVE for anyone fond of boats or interested in home boat construction. It is all presented in a simple English and in clear and explicit steps so that building a boat just becomes a very nice hobby.
DVD1 : concerns the construction of the hull from the initial wood.
DVD2 : Concerns the finishing touches that have to be applied to the boat to make it seaworthy in terms of painting and outfitting.
The inside of the cover of the dvd's:
We are using this course in a very practical way. Since it is much too long to simply watch and learn by heart, we are concerning ourselves with each steps described as we reach it. Thus, for every big milestone of the boat, we go and watch the next step to follow very carefully. In this way, we are always prepared for the work ahead as we are already aware of the possible problems that are to be encountered and how to solve them.
Alec Jordan has a website about him that you may have a look:
http://ukhbbr.wordpress.com/
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