| Wooden boat building can be fun and extremely | | | | There are many considerations to take in mind |
| rewarding. However, when it does come to these | | | | when planning your small boat project, such as |
| types of boats, small wooden boats are the best | | | | the timber, epoxy, boat plans, and finish you will |
| for the beginner to do. Why is this, you may ask? | | | | be using. If you are building a boat that uses oars, |
| It is a simple matter of boat building skills. You | | | | then you will need to know how to both measure |
| could not build a catamaran for example if you | | | | for the oars and how to create them. Remember |
| were a beginner. This would be putting the cart | | | | this fact: with most boats you should measure |
| before the horse and would be an exercise in | | | | the beam length and then double it for the oars. |
| frustration to say the very least. | | | | If you build one with oars, you need to make |
| So what small boats would be recommended to | | | | them out of pine, spruce or fir. The type of blade |
| build first to get experience? For beginners, | | | | will also determine the means of construction. You |
| building a small boat using plywood or stitch and | | | | can either create flat blades or spooned blades if |
| glue boat plans may be the best choice. Stitch and | | | | you need paddles. So there are many different |
| glue is by far the easiest boat building method for | | | | things that can be done. Most oars can be |
| beginners because most plans to do not require | | | | created using simple tools. It is not hard to see |
| you build a frame. Plywood boat plans are also | | | | that the beginner has quite a lot to choose from |
| very simple and easy to build. In terms of the | | | | when it comes to building these boats. |
| actual craft you choose, a dinghy would be a | | | | No matter if it is a kayak or canoe, most small |
| great first choice if you are looking at a boat ten | | | | wooden boats are easy for a beginner to build. It |
| feet or less in size. Kayaks, row boats and | | | | will be time consuming, yes, but it is well worth it |
| johnboats are also considered to be good first | | | | and many do not require any complicated tools or |
| boat projects for a beginner. These are all small | | | | woodworking knowledge to build. With all the plans |
| wooden boats that can easily be built. This will | | | | and kits that abound, it is pretty easy to find a |
| depend on what you want the boat for and what | | | | project that a beginner can work on. You can |
| it will be used for. There are many different | | | | take a weekend and build a small boat or even |
| considerations when looking to build these types | | | | longer if you so choose. Boat building for |
| of boats. | | | | beginners has never been so much fun! |