Stada Shipyard

Plans have arrived. All parts in scale 1:1. I need okoume multiplex boards 250 x 122 cm. This can last very good in humid environments. For most parts three boards of 6 mm and one board of 9 mm will do. I had to email CLC because of the fact that I could only find 10 mm. They said that this can be used without any problem. The boat will only be a little bit heavier (and stronger). The boat will be glued together with epoxy. Because you need at least about 15-18  °C for hardening, the shed is not heated and it's winter now, the only thing I can do is to saw the parts out of the boards.  With the plan on the board, I punched through th epaper in the wood. Then I connected the little holes with a pencil and used a Japanese saw and a jig saw.

I have started a new project: I want to build a small boat. As a former dinghy (racing) sailor and enthousiastic follower of ocean races like the Vendee Globe, Volvo Ocean Race and the Mini Transat, I landed on webpages of some people who were building their own boats in the Mini 650 class. They used the ' stitch and glue ' method. It seemed to be not very difficult. It is done with epoxy resin and wood. I built a couple of windsurf boards in the past, with foam, glass fiber and expoxy, so I have some experience. Now I had to find the most suitable boat for me. My shed is 6.5 x 3 m and it should be made broadwise, so it should not be longer than 3 m. My first idea was the Optimist, but to get it registrated for races, it should be exactly like the plan. Not a millimeter less or more. One of the builders of a Mini 650 showed in video episode how he started with a small tender boat in order to get used to the stitch and glue method, before he would begin with building a 650-b