Building a Wooden Flat Bottom Boat 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Building a pine wood pram! I've built some (slightly) more serious boats. This was a light hearted and fun little project using cheap materials. The hull took roughly 3 days to complete.
Thanks for all the videos. The are simultaneously relaxing to watch and inspiring!
These videos really make me think I want to make a VERY small catamaran.
You inspired me to actually just go and build "an boat" instead of infinitely deciding what kit I was going to build. The hull of my 12' sharpie is complete (She's damn near about as crooked as Congress near the bow since I planed the stem by eye instead of ripping it on a table saw I don't have, so SV Congress will be her name) , and I'm going to be finishing her out tomorrow and monday before I go back to work after my summer vacation.
Thank you for inspiring me to chase my dreams. I'll definitely be buying a couple of items from your store to finish her up.
Man this is tempting. I was going for a sailing canoe, but this might be nicer.
It would be hard to find a better small do-it-yourself boat video on TH-cam looking forward to the sailing rig
Nice build ny friend gives a whole new meaning to the phrase up the creek
You inspire me, sir. I love your sailing philosophy.
Great video and a sweet little boat. Thanks for a relaxing episode. After watching Leo and Steve build there boats, this takes me back to focusing on my own small boat builds.
This is really awesome! Great Video as always, and can't wait to try building something like this someday. I would really love for you to go over how the lug sail is constructed and where each line goes and how it operates, perhaps that could be a nice video idea?
That looks, kinda, like an optimist.
If I could give ten thumbs up!! I really enjoy your builds and journeys. Looking forward to the next episode for information on your sailing rig.
Will you be posting your measurement drawings? I have built a Puddle Duck Racer and Harvey 8 in the past, both of which are also about eight foot long, and have been considering a third construction.
CONGRATS on your build and looking forward seeing it under sail
Love the simplicity of your punt. Look forward to seeing its rig.
I can’t wait to see the rig. Please do a step by step for that as well. Happy Independence Day.
can i say anything but the word, nice
As a boatbuilder, I’m wondering if you could tell me why nobody builds a modernized scaled down viking longship. Just hypothesizing about boats that could be used for multi-person river trips, and which could accommodate a sail of some sort.
The main reason, if you ask me, is that the faerings are a little bit unbalanced compared to modern boats. (These are the 2-3 person ‘long boats’) they are kind of like a sculling shell, very tipsy, but unlike a shell, they are super difficult to capsize.
They also don’t do all that well in choppy conditions due to their long length and low free board, they were really made for conditions in the narrow and deep, mountainous fjords, not flat lakes.
Regardless, I want to build one someday.
@@CMDR_Hadionthank you for this great response. I would agree that modern materials and hull plans would lend significant stability to the traditional long-narrow clinker built structure. That said, I would still be planning for a longer, narrower, and lighter design for river travel, even if that design incorporates those improved design concepts which you elude to.
Chesapeake Light Craft has a faering plan/kit that always caught my eye.
So... that's kind of like asking why nobody builds miniature versions of plywood torpedo boats for leasure vessels... the proportions are kind of insane, hard to keep true... 80ft long and 20ft wide... scaled down to 8 ft is 2 ft wide...what do you build it out if without throwing off the cg? it's not a ptboat anymore it's a fancy looking canoe... which is what a mini viking boat actually is... a lapstrake canoe. Come to think of it... the answer is canoe, a canoe is a mini viking boat, and yes there are people who make sails for them. Some of the sails look weird, some don't. Cheers.
Another close semblance kind of direction to go would be to look up Maine peapods and double enders in the length you're looking for, they're all a compromise in one direction or another, rowing ability, sailing, tracking, building ease vs expertise, etc... one could even say that the fishing dory could've morphed from early canoe's for ease of build and greatly increased hauling capacity...
Amazing! This was my thought process, starting with admiration for punts (worked on a small aluminum one in my job once), or sampans. And now I have developed and built a simple 7-foot pram/punt very like yours (as a tender) out of lumber-store ply and scraps around my 'shop. Wish I could send photos. From south Australia.
Reminds me of the Auray Punt type from Brittany. A fishing boat tender that was good to tow, even in open sea conditions. Plenty of info on the WWW.
If the plywood proves too flexible or not durable, you could always cross-plank the bottom, as is trad in E coast US.
To get to windward, you could experiment with sailing her 'on her ear' (heeled over), using the chine as a keel, like they do on the West Mersea/ Milgate Duck Punts.
Dynamite payson warned against the use of todays 3ply 3/8s, said it was junk compared to the 5 ply, very interested in your reports of longevity.
Quality video, btw, wonderful little punt too, well done.
Build a new boat, get some new “boat handling skills “. Ha ha. If I tried that I’d be getting wet. Nice video. Thanks for documenting the process. I wish I had taken video of my sharpie build. Cheers!!!
Paused at 11 min: an alternative to using a ratch strap one could the for and aft ends of the boat before putting in the middle member. Then one could gentle spread the center and install the middle member.
Awesome build! You are inspiring me to get going on a wooden boat build i want to try. Keep it up!
thank you for the video. awesome!!!! I've been wanting to make a boat over a weekend to go duck hunting in. something to easily make and store. i love it! could you please make a 6 or 12 month revisit so others can see the durability? again, thank you for your work.
Can't wait to see more builds from you dude
Great channel, thanks for sharing the mellow vibes ⛵
So that was, what, three or four 1x12x96 and a single sheet of 3/8 exterior ply? Plus a tube of construction adhesive and a box of suitable screws (stainless or bronze)? A couple lengths of some sort of millwork for the rails, a 2x6 for the skeg, and some scrap 2x4 for the thwart/seat mounts? A gallon of exterior latex primer/paint, maybe as little as a quart of a second color for the seats.
Looks to me like this should cost under $200 in materials (ten years ago it would have been half that, but plywood and paint have gone through the roof!) and might take me two weekends (since I have zero experience building wooden boats, though I've built a bunch of balsa model airplanes over the past half century). And then some more for the mast, lug, and boom, material for the sail (and finally getting my old sewing machine fixed) -- the more of your videos I watch, the more I want to build something like this. Then I have to figure out a way to get it to the local lakes...
A wonderful chance to see your effort turn successful. I have a foldable Seahopper "Lighter" made in England, which I sail and row here in Japan (I think it's the only one here). It being roughly the same dimensions as your punt (8'4" x 4'2"), as such, I can look forward to your good advice as you discover the whims of sailing such a craft. Cheers, and thanks so much for this.
I learned to sail on little opti flatbottoms, they're incredibly fun
This is very inspiring to me! And it also really surprises me, that it is possible to build a floating and leek-proof boat from basically a few planks. I was wondering how you manage to get the boat waterproof? Is it just the glue or did you use any other material to seal the connections in between the various planks you used?
Really lovely job!❤️
a boom bail or a mainsheet hanger might make a decent quality-of-life feature
Awesome build looks even possible for a beginner - I've never been to good with wood working. Curious how much it weighs, always wanted a small pram I could long pole.
Love it.
love it!
This thing begs for a leg-o-mutton sail. It shares some characteristics of the Puddle Duck Racer which often has that type of sail.
Your bottom profile matches that of a pdracer almost exactly. Pdracers are beamier at 48", have dead vertical sides with no bend in them.
The dail you are using it just about the perfect size for a boat of this size and shape. You'll probably find that you can sail it from the thwart, except that your thwart may be too far forward.
My personal boat is a 10 ft scow of my own design. It is 35.5" wide and has straight, vertical sides. Its bottom has a profile curve that is 10" high in the stern and about 8.5" high in the bow.
It is primarily a sailboat, but has a seat that can be moved fore or aft. Its purpose is muscle propulsion in the form of a single short sweep. It also keeps my but out oh the bilge water while sailing. It is set just 5" from the bottom.
There's a great old book "Rivers to Run, The Great American Jonboat" by Larry Dabblemont with a similar build process to your boat. I built one of pine and cedar with a plywood bottom in 2001. 14' long. It was heavy, but man it floated in an inch or 2 of water and paddled ozark rivers like a dream. It had chines. It lasted over a decade, and now it holds largemouth and bluegill in my farm pond.
What made it die? Not built to last (wood not sealed or whatever), regular old age/abuse or something like improper storage?
Yes! Traditional ozark Jon boats were not built to last, so it had a good long life for how it was built and used, with common hardware store materials. They lived hard and outside without epoxy or marine ply.
Very pirogue-like, in it's build. I was thinking of making a lightweight pack canoe of 3 mm underlayment and resin. Similar build. Only got to the model stage using veneer.
Love it, I wanted to build a "Sea pearl" trimaran /folder for runnin up and down ky lake
I have a book on building a pirogue with a single sheet of plywood that got read well but never put into action
carefull out there my friend the storms come up fast and 6 ft waves can happen immeadiately on that lake
Mike
Brilliant! I thought about doing this a little while ago, but thought it would never work.
Clearly, it does and would make a great tender for my sailboat and a dinghy for the kids. Superb, where did you find the plans?
she should sail pretty nicely with the right sail. The hull shape and construction is similar to a puddle duck or even an optimist which are both very capable sailboats
What do you use as construction adhesive? I was planning a similar build after seeing @TheBoatRambler 's car toppable build. Live in KY also in Logan Co. Looking to practice sailing, but have utility for the waters here with a jon boat style hull and do some fishing in shallow waters. Grew up on Green River and Green River Lake.
Interested in getting into bost building, and this one looks like something easy to tackle. Do you offer instructions or know of a place where i could find some?
Do you have to register that boat where you are i built a sail/row boat and if i just row it im good but put the sails up and it needs registration in AL😅
Did you build the sail rig?
If i stood on the stern like that the boat would quickly be on the bottom of the lake
do you havve any dimensions/plans anywhere i would love to build this
American Riverdance
Stay tooned - next video man rows the oceans on a piece of plywood ?
Bonjour comment allez vous ? Auriez vous les plans s'il vous plaît ?
How heavy of a person do you think could stand on the stern like that before capsizing?
@@user-if2zr7rw4x Probably not much heavier than me. I had a little water coming over the rail during that Rodney Mullen move lol
ITS 2024 NOT 23 LOL