Sadly gone now,
Philip C. Bolger was a designer with an uncommonly open mind.
HERE and
HERE The late
Thomas Firth Jones was a sailor, boatbuilder, designer, and an excellent author
TFJ
Education
The
Wooden Boat School, in Brooklin, Maine (USA). I teach boat building and sailing classes here in the summers. Come join us - you can learn all sorts of other maritime skills, too!
WBSI teach boat building at the
Florida Maritime Museum, in Cortez, FL - join me!
FMM"Messing About in Boats." Always a good read!
MAIB The Traditional Small Craft Association.
TSCA Building supplies
Get your fabric here - Email
GEORGE DYSON: GDyson@gmail.com He's a noted author and modern Baidarka pioneer, and he
supplies fabric for SOF builders all over the world. Tell him I sent you and what you are building!
I get my artificial sinew at craft stores, or here:
Primitive OriginalsDuckworks Boat Building supply is your go to source for all sorts of smallcraft gear:
DUCKWORKS Great building info to be had, here: The Kayak Builders Forum
KBF The Greenland Kayak Forum
QUSA The WoodenBoat Forum
WBF Here's a link to Mike Bielski's article "It's a qajaq, part 2" (pp42) - an excellent overview of SOF skinning and coating options.
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