How To: Kit boats – held together with epoxy resin
31st March 2015

Kit boats – held together with epoxy resin

It’s something of a well-trodden path for many boat owners on a budget: to follow some simple plans in order to build a competitive boat at a fraction of the cost of buying that’s already been put together. Today, the home build kit boat dream tends to rely very much on modern materials such as epoxy resin and glue.

In recent years one of the greatest innovations in this market has been the development of kits where all the wooden plywood sections have already been cut with great precision using a CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) machine. One of the latest kits to appear on the market is the classic OK dinghy from Leech boats. Read more about it here.

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