Introduction

Mo 'Poxy's Boat Building Project

Nemah

a Plywood Stitch and Glue Sharpie

Introduction

It has been a decade since I built my last boat.
It is 2013 and I have the itch again so I have started building another boat.

If I count correctly, this is the 8th boat that I have built.

Let's count....

1) Tracy O'Brien's Headwater 14 -1998

2) Tracy O'Brien's V20 - 1993-1994

3) A self-designed scow for hauling lumber to a boat-only-access cabin construction site -1998

4) Chesapeake Light Craft: Chesapeake 18 Kayak - 2000

5) Chesapeake Light Craft: Chesapeake 18 Kayak - 2000 (another)

6) Chesapeake Light Craft: Chesapeake 17 Kayak - 2000

7) Chesapeake Light Craft: Chesapeake 14 - 2000

8) and now I am building Tracy O'Brien's Nemah- 2013

The Nemah is a sharpie, made of plywood using the stitch and glue construction technique.

It can be sailed or rowed.

I am building her for rowing, using a foward-facing rowing system.

This website contains photos and descriptions of the project.

TIP: START COLLECTING DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS LONG BEFORE STARTING AN EPOXY PROJECT. THE CONTAINERS WILL BE USED FOR MIXING EPOXY SO THE CONTAINERS SHOULD BE SMOOTH WITH FEW SURFACE DIMPLES AND CREASES. TIN CANS ARE NOT VERY GOOD SINCE THEY HAVE THOSE WRINKLES IN THEIR WALLS WHERE UNMIXED EPOXY CAN HIDE. PLASTIC COTTAGE CHEESE CONTAINERS ARE GOOD BECAUSE THE WALLS AND BOTTOM ARE FLAT AND UNMIXED EPOXY CANNOT HIDE. YOU WILL NEED A GAZILLION DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS TO BUILD A PLYWOOD/EPOXY STITCH AND GLUE BOAT. MY MOTHER TOLD ME A GAZILLION TIMES NOT TO EXAGGERATE.