DIY BOAT BUILDING: DIY BOAT BUILDING GALLERY

All frames had been cut to fit and temporary assemble indoor.70% of the lumber I used are 2nd hand cengal wood. Frames and keel are transferred to a larger space at my yard for assemble.

Stem that cut to desired shape and fitted to the stem knee.

Installing the deck plate

The chines are up,by wrapping the part that needed for bending with some rags and soak with boiling water,this way will soften the lumber to make bending easier.

Bottom battens are added to the framework.

Side battens and sheer clamps fitted in firm and aligned.

This is the outboard mounting transom which I extended out off the original plan.

They are my buddies,that's all the tool I'm having.so far so good,going to add in a router and orbiter sander later on.What do you think?Awesome right?

Below are free plans which I"d downloaded from the net.there are quite detailing and useful for anyone who like to start a DIY boat project.Is a 21-ft cabin cruiser plan.What I did was expended the scale of 1:1.5.That is 150% from the original size.Extra frames are needed to add in as to the expansion made.

Video clips of boat building are essential sources for collecting info and techniques of how others DIY and professional boat builder had build their boat.I'd ran through hundreds of videos from youtube and other sources and gathered as much info as possible to assist my project.

Here are some inspiring and helpful video to share.

11-Jan-2012

Has been three moths since my first post,this project is out off my schedule,never thought that the works are getting harder and time consuming,it OK,that doesn't kill me,my spirit is still high.,a lot of mistake been made and redo,two chine stock has been broken,both chine are split from a single lumber and not noticing there is knot in it although is a solid knot,it broke while bending them.

So far I've added 9 frames to the hull structure with the total of 14 frames compare to the original 5 frames structure given in the plan due to the expansion I've made.although frames spacing two feet is not favourable but I'll add more supporting structure like bulkhead and so on.To fare the entire structure to flush with the plywood plank is my next job.Meranti marine plywood BS1088 is the highest grade here in Malaysia but I cannot afford it,instead off that,I'm going for another grade,they are marine plywood too,using local hard wood ,which also meet the BS 1088 standard ,saving half of the cost compare to Meranti grade.

The outer stem was shaped by hand and double framing transom or maybe I'm just over concern about the weight that the transom is taking.

Carlin and side deck plate has been install.

Work force:- 1 person

Hour worked:- 504 hrs

$$$:- RM 9393.00 (approximately US $ 3010.57)

Weight:- 979 kg ( 1753.4 pounds)

Material:- Cengal hardwood

Making the curved rise in the sheer line

Hull structure completed.

12-05-2012

Planking started with 12mm plywood for the first layer to cover the entire hull,epoxy glue and screws were used to fasten the ply to hull structure.

Fist ply of 12mm marine plywood over the entire hull completed,not knowing as first the fairing work was so time consuming,under estimated the work.

Fitted the outer stem and faired to flash with the body of the hall.

01-12-2012

As from now I'm on my own,work further on are not according to the plan given.I did some design and rendering about and the way I wanted my boat to be.