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Building boats and yachts the stitch and glue way

"Stitch and glue" (stitch&glue, stitch&tape) is quick and easy way to build Your own boat or yacht. You do not need moulds, frames or do lofting. You do not need even to cut pannels or planks. All parts of hull are already precisely cut on numeric, computer controlled CNC machine. All what You have is to compose kind of "3D puzzle"!

Follow the suggested stages of stitch&glue hull building process:

Glue whole pannels (planks) from smaller parts, using "finger joints".
Stitch 2 or 3 first bottom pannels.
Stitch transom, bulkheads, flors, placeing them correctly by predrilled small holes.
Stitch other parts.
Make even all parts, drill holes and add more wires where necessary.
Correctly meassure and set the hull to achieve requested dimension, angles and levels.
Glue all parts of hulll, using epoxy fillet.
Tape it with epoxy and fiberglass tape.
Coat finger-joints witch epoxy and fiberglass.
Fix the outer stem.
Assemble the gunwale, inwale, breasthook, knees.
Glue battens, frames, stringers, etc.
Fix the rudder fittings and bow eye.
Paint inside of buoyancy compartments with thinned epoxy resin.
Glue the decks.
Glue and fix the centerboard case.
Assemble thwarts.
Drill oarlock holes.
Finnish inside of hull (sanding, filleting, painting).
Fix oarlocks and other fittings.
Turn the hull upside down, remove (cut) wires, plane and sand edges.
Fillet and tape edges.
Laminate finger-joints.
Laminate bottom of hull with epoxy resin and fiberglass clothes.
Assemble skeg.
Glue the outer kil.
Finnish outside of hull (sanding, filleting, painting).