CONTENTS

Part 1 
APPROACHING THE PROJECT
Why Wood?                                        9
Cold-moulded Hulls                              10
Selecting an Appropriate Design                 14

Part 2
PREPARATION AND MATERIALS
Building Spaces and Timber Storage              19
Building Bases                                  22
Hand Tools                                      24
Power Tools                                     28
Building Sequence                               31
How Thick, Wide and Close?                      34
Building Moulds or Shadow Sections              40
Veneer, Sawn Timber and Plywood Laminates       43
Planking with Mixed Woods                       46

Part 3
LAMINATING AND FASTENING
The Laminating Process                          48
Bending Wood                                    51
Glues                                           53
Metal Fastenings with Glue                      55
Preparation for Gluing                          56
Stapling and Strapping                          57
Metal Fastenings                                60
Bedding and Sealing Compounds                   62

Part 4
BUILDING THE BACKBONE AND HULL SHELL
Backbone Construction                           65
Planking Dimensions and Direction               77
Planking Procedure                              78
Combined Strip-plank and Cold-moulded Construction 82
Frameless Construction                          83

Part 5
FRAMES, FLOORS AND BEAMS
Turning Over the Hull                           85
Bent Framing Timbers                            88
Laminated Frames                                91
Steel Frames                                    94
Aluminium Frames                                96
Stringers                                       98
Wooden Floors                                  102
Metal Floors                                   105
Beams                                          107

Part 6
FROM DECK TO KEEL
Plywood Decks                                  112
Cold-moulded Decks                             116
Hull Finishing                                 120
Bulkheads and Pillars                          122
Building Up a Fin Keel                         129
Engine Installation                            132
Coachroof and Cockpit Coamings                 138
Deck Fittings and Furniture                    142
Tillers                                        143

Part 7
REINFORCEMENT AND REPAIRS
Carbon Fibre                                   145
Repairs to Cold-moulding                       147

Part 8
STRIP-PLANKING
Technique and Materials                        151
Simplifying the Work                           155
Procedure for Strip-planking                   156
Repairing Strip-planking                       159

Photographs 161-178

Part 9
REFERENCE SECTION
Boatbuilding Woods                             179
Circular Saw Blades                            185
Bibliography                                   186
Suppliers and Sources of Technical Information 187