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Contents Introduction: The Virtues of Small and Simple Boats Part 1How We'll Build Them1.Three Simple Ways to Build Ultrasimple Boats

The Simplified Chine Log Method

Stitch-and-GluePolyurethane Stitch and GlueEpoxy Stitch and Glue

Your Choice2.Materials and Tools

PlywoodBuying Plywood

LumberBuying Lumber

AdhesivesEpoxyPolyurethane Glues

Paint and Varnish

Tools3.Basic Skills

Working with LumberMarkingCuttingWorking with SawsJoining Lengths of Lumber

Working with Plywood panelsMarking out using coordinatesCutting the panelsMaking Butt Joints

Using FastenersPre-drilling holes Working with hand drillsUsing hammers and driving nailsUsing screwdrivers and driving screws(sidebar: Working with Chisels)

Working with GluesUsing polyurethane glue(sidebar: PL Hints from Bryant Owen)Using Epoxy4.Building the Hull

Building with the Simplified Chine Log MethodCleats for bulkheads and frames Cleats for the transomsAssembling the Bulkheads, Transoms, and SidesAdding Chine logs

Building Stitch-and-Glue StyleBulkheads and Frames Initial Assembly Taping versus "Stitching"Making Fillets with polyurethaneMaking Fillets with epoxyCovering the hull

Adding a Skeg

Inwales, gunwales, breasthooks and quarter knees(sidebar: Home Made Clamps)5.Finishing Your Boat

PaintingPainting with water-based paintPainting with oil-based paint

Varnishing6.Fitting out and Rigging

Fittings

Paddling and rowing gear(sidebar: A Rowing Rant)

Sailing GearDaggerboards, leeboards, and ruddersSparsSailsRigging(sidebar: Knots)

Preventing rot7.Model makingPart 2Let's Build Some Boats8.Minimouse and Micromouse: two tiny, flat-bottom double-paddle prams

Hull

Decks

Seats

Les Brown's Micromouse9.Lilypad: a stone-simple punt10.Mouse and Rowing Mouse: a V-bottomed messabout pram for double-paddle or oars11.Cruising Mouse: a two-person rowing or paddling pram with carrying capacity12.PoorBoy: a small outboard skiff13.Dogsbody: a larger outboard boat14.Jiggity: an "ultrasimplified" Auray punt15.Aurette: a small sailing Auray punt 16.Piragua: a pirogue17.Cinderella: a double-paddle canoe with a "roundish" bottom18.Flying Mouse: a child's sailing pramString Sailing19.Eek!: a larger, sportier sailing pram for more experienced kids and small adults20.Puddle Duck Racer: the world's simplest racing class?21.Summer Breeze: a versatile rowing/sailing skiff

Using the Simplified Chine Log MethodStem and transomFrameAssembling the SidesInstalling the Bottom

Using stitch and glue

Finishing the Hull

Rowing Accoutrements

Sailing Rig22.Doris the Dory: a rowing and sailing expedition boat Part 3: What Shall We Build Next?23.A gallery of appealing designs

Phil BolgerTealHis 'n' Hers SchoonersMicro

Jim MichalakAF3AF4LadybugHarmonica
Murray IslesSwallowdale 15Swan BayPepper Gal

John WelsfordHoudiniTread LightlyTrover

Jacques Mertens-GoosensCK 17Otter 16Indian River Skiff

Conrad NatzioSandpiper

Oystercatcher