by Gayle Brantuk on January 26, 2011
A builder emailed today asking if the side planking for the Outrage is attached to the frames. The Outrage is a 16′ deep vee ski boat and is built using sheet plywood construction. My father wrote an article on the subject of fastening planking to frames and includes a great history lesson about the evolution of plywood boat construction.
by Gayle Brantuk on July 30, 2010
Just as promised in my last post, this is all about the building form of your boat. My father wrote the following article which really paints a vivid picture of what is involved in the process. There are a couple of terms in the article that not everyone will understand so here are the definitions: [...]
by Gayle Brantuk on July 15, 2010
We recently received some photos from Bill Levien in Pleasant Hill California. Bill’s photos are an excellent illustration of building the frames for a boat. Bill is building our Flying Saucer, a 12′ classic runabout and one of our most popular designs. Here are a couple of photos of finished Flying Saucers. The first is [...]