Sources

Learning

WoodenBoat magazine is the publication that started the wooden boat revival in the 70s, and it is still the epicenter of the wooden boat world in the US. One of the offshoots is their the web-only Small Boats Magazine.

The WoodenBoat Forum is a great resource, even if the forum software they use looks like it is from the late 1990s.

There are several Beg Meil-specific threads where builders document their work:

Another of Vivier’s designs, the Ilur is basically a sister-ship to the Beg Meil, except that where the Beg Meil has a partial deck, the Ilur is open. But, the hull shape is the same, which means the many Forum threads that document Ilur construction are valuable: Hansville, NZ, R.I., Vermont.

Books

Videos

YouTube is full of boatbuilding videos. But, most of them cover projects that are quite a bit larger and more ambitious than what I’m undertaking here. Projects like Tally Ho and Acorn to Arabella are fun to watch, but not super relevant to building a 14 foot boat. On the other hand, Bob Emser’s The Art of Boat Building is more useful, as he shows the process of building a Haven 12½.

Off Center Harbor is a subscription site that produces videos on boating and boat building. Of particular note are several video series that document the construction of a glued lapstrake boat, specifically Geoff Kerr’s Caledonia Yawl build. That’s a larger boat than what I’m planning, but the overall build is pretty similar. I suspect I’ll be reviewing these videos at each step of the process.

WoodenBoat has a “Mastering Skills” video subscription service that has an ever-growing library of in-depth videos. They tend to be longer than the Off Center Harbor videos, and perhaps go in a bit more detail.

Buying

Here are a fews links to the various online sources of boat products.

Boatbuilding supplies

Specific products