strip built lobster boat plans
Over the past three winters, the boatbuilding crew of the saginaw bay community sailing association (sbcsa) strip-built a jericho bay lobster skiff. they used the plans from woodenboat magazine, which master boatbuilder tom hill measured from a joel white-designed boat. more than twenty people have worked on the skiff. Strip building boat plans. strip building also known as cedar strip or plank building is a method of boat building where narrow strips of thin wood are glued together around a frame, the strips are then faired and fiberglassed and the form removed. the resulting boats are beautiful and light. Here is a picture of the boothbay (a fishing village in maine, usa) lobster boat, otherwise known as the maine lobster boat, taken from the box in which the kit is delivered. this is a 30 inch kit and is built with thin micro-lite plywood, basswood, mahogany and balsa wood. 
strip built lobster boat plans Here is 2 websites with 5+ designs. www.glen-l.com www.boatdesign.com glen-l has the eagle a 22 footer that is built traditional strip planking, and the 23 footer double eagle to be built by plywood or welded aluminum, both boats can be shortened or lengthened by 10% - then they have the potluck a 33 footer to be built coldmolded or fiberglass, and should be able to be built in traditional. Construction. strip built out of local white cedar (from peter knight’s mill at grand lake). each strip is 3/4” thick by 1 1/4 “ wide, and is nominally 8 feet long. the strips are randomly butt jointed as they are placed on the hull, to make up the full length as required (which varies depending on where the strip is located).
