Surf Dory prototype built by Roger Allen of Cortez Florida

On these pages you will find examples of our designs by builders other than ourselves.  Some are the work of professionals, but many more are by amateurs working purely for the enjoyment and satisfaction that is to be found in creating one’s own small vessel.  It is these that it gives us most pleasure to include here.  If you build a boat to our plans and have good photographs, we encourage you to send them in, if we like them we will include them on these pages.

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May252011

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Rune's boat is of fully glued construction. The pictures show the procedure used and the quality of the work.

Laminated frames are prefabricated on the loft floor. Some of these are stacked against the wall as the backbone assembly is being laminated.

The hull is built upside down. The frames are set up first, then the backboneis lowered into place and the whole assembly is faired for planking. Note that no temporary molds or jigwork are required.

Planking consists of three layers. Here the first layer of strip planking is being fastened to the framework. This will be followed by two layers of cold molded veneer for stability.

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