Wooden Lug Sail Boat Build, Stornoway 12, Plywood Stitch & Epoxy Glue Complete Step by Step (Part 1)

Part 1 begins with the plans, through to cutting the wood and building of the hull. It is the first of three videos showing the construction of a Lug-rigged Stornoway 12’ (3.65 metre) dinghy designed by Selway Fisher (https://www.selway-fisher.com/Stornoways.htm). They give a step-by-step record from marking out and cutting the plywood to rigging out and sailing. The boat was built in 9 months on the island of Crete in Greece, from readily available materials; Baltic 6mm thick birch plywood, pine softwood, recycled wind-surf masts and fittings from old boats. No tropical hardwoods were used. The birch ply was tested for 24 hours in boiling water to check for suitability for this project. The hull was built following the book “Stitch & Tape Boat Construction” by Paul Fisher (2009). The boat has a traditional appearance, but no screws or nails were used; it is held together with epoxy resin reinforced with glass fibre tape, glass fibre cloth and thickening additives where necessary. Epoxy resin was used for coating followed by classic Epifanes clear varnish. The sail was made by Really Simple Sails (https://reallysimplesails.com/). Rigging followed information in (https://www.storerboatplans.com/category/tuning/lug-rig-setup/) and @TheBoatRambler.