Web links

Message Board
http://forums.bateau2.com
Boat Builder's message board and tech support for plans and materials.

Builders Gallery
http://gallery.bateau2.com
Boat Builder's photo gallery. "A picture is worth a thousand words"...

Bateau.com
http://www.bateau.com
Boat Plans for sail and power boats. Kits: fiberglass and epoxy resin, pre-cut plywood, sails and spars. Books about yacht design and boat building. Free plans and links to technical boat building information. All for the amateur or small boat yard.

BoatBuilderCentral
http://www.boatbuildercentral.com
Building materials: resin, fiberglass, paint etc. Great prices, fast shipping.

Marine Plywood
http://plywood.boatbuildercentral.com
Marine plywood, very low shipping, competitive pricing.

Bookstore
http://www.bateau.com
Selected books about boat building, design and outfitting.

Diesel Engines
http://boatbuildercentral.com/diesel/
Marine Diesel Engines

Builders flats boats

A Flats Boat Photo Album
http://www.boatbuilder.freeservers.com/
Phantom 16: A photo album. Good pictures of assembly, fairing and painting, by Casey Jones.

Building a PH16
http://dskogman.tripod.com/
A step by step diary of the building of the Phantom 16. Lots of pictures and building tips. Started building in July 2001 and hope to launch Spring 2003.

My Phantom 18 Builders Journal
http://www.linetwork.com/phantombj.html
Very detailed site with a timeline, by John Pellegrino. 50+ pictures, customized boat, building notes.

Phantom 16 in Sweden
http://hem.spray.se/calle.pekkari/phantom/default.htm
This site is in Swedish but the pictures are great. The site looks good too, many pictures, drawings and even a Flash movie of the boat! Karl Pekkari did an extensive customization of the PH16

Others

Bruce's GV11 Construction
http://www.bmwoodworking.com/gv11.htm
Follow the construction of my GV-11 small planing garvey.

Dave's Boat Building Webpage
http://bellsouthpwp.net/o/b/ob15/index.htm
Webpage for the building of the OB15 from Bateau.com.

GF12 - Matt Brueckner
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=79942&ck=
Diary of the GF-12. Photos and descriptions are on the "Photo Albums" link. Pics include finshed boat in the water.

Outboard Dory 18 in Australia
http://www.jgfitzpatrick.com/
My progress on building an OD18 with pictures, any tips that I found helpful and costs incurred in $Aus. Location is Brisbane, Australia.

Building of the C21 in the Philippines
http://www.banezville.com/c21.php
A day by day diary of the building of the C21 with lots of pics!

The D4, a legend! And the PK78 its modern equivalent.

The building of the D4 in Turkey
http://www.ee.hacettepe.edu.tr/~semih/d4/d4.htm
A very nice website with lots of pictures and notes.

The Otter at Flyfish Nevada
http://www.flyfishnevada.com/boat01.htm
The story of a D4 named Otter.

Diary of the D4
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~ingle.m/
A step by step diary of the building of the D4. Lots of great pictures.

Building Marg's D4
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~ingle.m/boatbuildin.html
A couple builds a D4. Step by step explanations and pics.

Finished PK78
http://k2.kirtland.cc.mi.us/~biermanm/laborday02/
Website includes finished pics of Matt's PK78. Including pics in the water.

Canoes

Homemade Boats
http://home.hccnet.nl/dick.verboom/
Website includes three homemade boats, incuding the Cheap Canoe.

Plymobile Canoe Pictures
http://plymobile.tripod.com/
A diary of the building of the cheap canoe.

The making of a canoe...
http://home.student.uva.nl/b.a.m.loeff/kano/Engels/
Please enjoy the making of.. story of my 14' canoe. Nearly 50 pictures to be seen, list of used materials and costs included. Have fun!

Others

Bart's FL11
http://home.student.uva.nl/b.a.m.loeff/FL11/
After finishing my cheap canoe, I took the challenge of building a FL11. Have a look at pictures of the building process and the results.

The Evolution of an 11' Wooden Skiff
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~kenner/boat/boat.html
In the spring of 1995, Ken and I decided to build a boat . . .Many pictures, nice varnished boat. Project status: In the water!

Spark's V10 "Lillian"
http://webpages.charter.net/sparkg/v10/v10.html
A great website full of pics and info.

Vagabond & V12
http://www.whmdesign.com/boat.html
The Vagabond and the Cheap canoe on the same web site. Clear pictures, good tips.

Mike Dimitroff's Caravelle
http://www.dimitroff.com/
Many pictures of the boat under sail and tips for making epoxy fillets.This Caravelle has a larger sail plan.Project status: In the water!

Building a Caravelle
http://personal.zahav.net.il/PersonalSite/gl/glbarak/boatbuilding.html
Caravelle built in Israel. A log describing the building process of the Caravelle, problems and solutions. Includes several pictures of the building stages.Project status: In the water!