kit built boats

The Mirror must be one of the easiest boats to build and has helped many tens of thousands get afloat in a very satisfying manner,  and the finished boats sails very well.

Here is the build diary of an Australian Mirror :
http://www.geocities.com/ajmcintyr/70021.html

There are plenty of people around who have built Mirrors at home who would be more than happy to share advice.

you not heard of an angle grinder english dave and no one will moan in the house theyll be too high on glue fumes

hmmmmm, how long before the "c" word appears?

you'll enentually get the feeble attempt at a joke once you've hung around on this forum long enough

Originally posted by sailingnewbie my dad's got the idea that he  wants to build a boat just from a set of plans - not kit parts, just a set of plans and instructions - is this possible?

Most definitely - people do it all the time. The big advantage of kits with plywood boats is some of the more tricky wood bashing is done for you. The most troublesome is probably the scarf joints, and that's a job that either needs special tools or a fair bit of practice. The scarf joints are the special taper cut edges that enable you to join two sheets of ply without lumps and bumps. When it comes to home building boats in foam and glass then kits are of minimal advantage and no-one bothers, although the classes that do that sort of thing pass building jigs around.

Edited by JimC