Boat Builder Central

Read this first
Please read this forum first before posting any questions or comments to the support forums.

Questions before purchasing the plans and announcements..
Ask questions before buying our plans or request a new design. Anybody can post here

Power Boats
Power Boats only. Please include the boat type in your question.

Small Boats
Boats up to 15' for oars, power or sail. Please include the boat type in your question.

Sail Boats
Sail Boats 15' and up. Please include the boat type in your question.

Free Plans and others
Discussions about the free plans distributed at bateau.com and BoatPlans-OnLine.com.

Woods Designs and Multihulls
Questions and Answers about the Woods Designs, multihulls and others.

Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Questions about boat repairs with our resins and fiberglass: hull patches, transoms and stringers, foam, rot etc.

Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
See our FAQ and tutorials before posting.

Core Materials: Plywood, Foam core and Honeycomb
Please see our tutorials and FAQ before posting.

Sterling
sterling L.P. topcoats and primers

EMC paints/coatings
technical support and information on EMC topcoats and coatings

Anything else and for sale. . .
Share tips, suggest or request changes, anything that does not fit in the other categories.

Forum Software & Site Bug Reports
Please use this forum to tell us about problems you are having with the forum software, or the new site. This lets us keep the boat building discussions free from clutter.

Your comments and tips are appreciated.

Tool Exchange
Forum for the exchange of boat building tools. Not a classified section, tools only please.

Builder Meets and Get Togethers
Bateau Builders organize and plan their meetings and get-togethers. This is grass roots at its finest, not sanctioned by E-Boat, Inc

Builders' Tips, Tools, and Tricks of the trade
Post any and all methods for doing things here, if you think you have a good method, that you don't see most builders using

Builder's Power Boats
To help other builders, please list the boat you are building in the Thread Subject -- and to conserve space, please limit your posting to one thread per boat.

Please feel free to use the gallery to display multiple images of your progress.

Builder's Sail Boats
To help other builders, please list the boat you are building in the Thread Subject -- and to conserve space, please limit your posting to one thread per boat.

Please feel free to use the gallery to display multiple images of your progress.

Builder's Small Boats
To help other builders, please list the boat you are building in the Thread Subject -- and to conserve space, please limit your posting to one thread per boat.

Please feel free to use the gallery to display multiple images of your progress.

Finished Boats
Post your launchings, and post-launch adventures here. Please keep the to plan/date format.