Cost-Effective Boatbuilding With Sheet Material for Hulls and Decks

MULTI-CONIC DEVELOPMENT OF HULL AND DECK SURFACES IS THE KEY TO EMPLOYING LOWER-COST SHEET CONSTRUCTION, YET IN THIS AGE OF MOLDED FIBERGLASS, THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS SADLY WANTING

Preface: This article is nominally about boatbuilding materials and processes, but in reality, it's also about a cost-effective approach to small craft manufacturing, recreational marine marketing, and perhaps even the future of the small-craft industry itself. The materials and methods discussed here represent a pathway for returning to an era when own…