These step by step videos show the stitch-and-glue kayak construction process. all of our boat kits are built using this "stitch-n-glue" construction. the panel shapes differ, but the stitch and glue steps are nearly identical.. Cirrus - 17.5' x 22" ( 5,33 x 0,558m) the inspiration to build the ultimate hard chine, stitch and glue kayak was all too easy. to instill a plywood kayak with some of the nice characteristics of its wood strip cousins took some creative tweaking but the effort paid off and i just couldn't be happier with the cruiser that was born.. Stitch and glue is a simple boat building method which uses plywood panels stitched together, usually with copper wire, and glued together with epoxy resin. this type of construction can eliminate much of the need for frames or ribs..
Stitch and glue construction this method of building boats use pre-cut plywood panels that are "stitched" together along their joints and then glued. the shape of the boat is determined by the shape of the panels.. This is the complete chesapeake light craft kayak building video, filmed in 2001. john harris walks you through every step in the construction of a chesapeake 16 kayak.. Stitch and glue construction the stitch and glue canoe building method is an easy and affordable way for a beginning canoeist to make his or her own boat. basically, the technique consists of gluing panels of plywood together using epoxy and fiberglass..
