| Are you really thinking of building your own boat? Isn't it | | | | you're going to build one, then remember you need |
| a bit scary? Do you still wonder if it's really possible? | | | | enough space to walk around it comfortably. |
| Maybe you don't have much experience at making | | | | If you're dreams are little more ambitious and you want |
| stuff, should that stop you? | | | | to build a yacht, then make sure you've got the room |
| There are some things that we dream about and they | | | | to do it easily and remember, you're taking quantities of |
| seem just that, dreams. Yet we keep dreaming about | | | | materials like timber into your workspace, but you'll be |
| them, there's obviously something deep inside us that | | | | bringing out a boat. Will it go through the doors? I truly |
| longs to turn that dream into reality. And why shouldn't | | | | saw an article on the internet about a guy who built |
| we? Well that depends what you're dreaming about, if | | | | quite a large boat in his apartment, he obviously had |
| it's climbing Mt Everest maybe it will always remain a | | | | the room to build it, but then he had to get it out |
| dream but something a little more down to earth like | | | | through the window, on the second floor! |
| building your own boat, that's do able right. | | | | So just make sure that you plan for removing your |
| I think it is, I don't know why some of us are drawn by | | | | finished boat from your work space and your |
| the water, whether it's the lake, river or sea, but if you | | | | property. You can carry a canoe or row boat, but |
| really want to do it and it's going to enrich your life, I | | | | even a small yacht might need a crane to get it out of |
| say go for it. Life's too short to dream, let's build a boat. | | | | the backyard. |
| First things first, what sort of boat has been in your | | | | Do you have the practical skills to build a boat? Well |
| dreams all this time? Is it a simple boat like a canoe or | | | | actually a better question might be "Can you follow |
| a kayak? Maybe it's a rowboat for lazy afternoons on | | | | instructions to the letter"? With good plans and |
| the lake or for fishing. Could be you're a little more | | | | instructions, together with modern boat building |
| adventurous and you fancy building a sail boat, but do | | | | methods and readily available power tools, plus |
| you want a sloop, a dinghy or a yacht? | | | | modern plywood's and glues it can be surprisingly easy |
| So you've decided exactly what sort of boat you | | | | to build a very good boat. |
| want to build, have you got somewhere to build it? A | | | | Remember to pay particular care to your health and |
| canoe might not seem very big when you're looking at | | | | safety, and that of family members who might not be |
| it from the shore but if it's an open canoe that can | | | | helping with the build but could wander in to the |
| take two people then it could easily be 17 feet long | | | | workspace. Modern glues and resins can work |
| and near to 3 feet wide. That's not too bad if you just | | | | wonders but they can be pretty toxic and harmful. |
| have to squeeze it into the garage for storage, but if | | | | |