To attempt to answer your question, you’ll need the number of sheets of ply indicated, framing, gunwale and inwale timber where indicated (say, 100ft), several kilos of epoxy (how much depends on how liberal you are with it), maybe 100ft of 3-4in epoxy tape, glass cloth to cover the outside (you might cover only the bottom, in which case you’ll need a piece about 16ft by 4in, or may prefer to cover the whole exterior).

You’ll then need one coat of primer, two coats of undercoat and two coats of paint all over. You’ll need varnish two – six coats is normal for gunwales etc.

In all it’s difficult to say precisely because the total will depend on the qualities you buy, how you choose to build the boat and the cost of materials in your country. What I would say, however, is that there’s no reason to think it would be any more expensive than other similar designs.

Gav

That said, I might just be building an Ella next spring if the wifey can be convinced…

Hopefully I don’t have to say how useful the notes and the drawings are – otherwise the various components could confuse a person. The knees and breast hook will add to the rigidity, of course.

Gav

I, too, made a cerealbox model. Turned out OK. I was very interested to see how it became more rigid as I finally managed to get the parts fitted. Too, I need to add the knees and the breast hook. (I was assembling without looking at your drawings!)

I live on a river in the southern US, and have been looking for an inexpensive – relatively – way to get on the river. I hope to build a Julie skiff in the next few months. One question: you mentioned a sailing verion of the skiff. Do you have such a plan completed? I have considered building a small sailing craft, something simple to sail – for a novice.

It’s good to hear from you.

How much epoxy you use depends very much on how much you like to use.

Here in the UK epoxy is terribly expensive, and we make our fillets about as wide as a table-spoon will form, use fairly light-glass on the bottoms of light boats and apply it fairly thinly everywhere else. On that basis, I guess I might use four-five litres. In other places epoxy is much cheaper, and in my observation some people tend to use it more generously, which of course produces a heavier if stronger boat. Others, however, may be looking for a lighter-weight boat, and so use less.

I’m glad you enjoyed making the models. You couldn’t let me have some photos of them I could put on the site could you please?

I like to encourage model making, partly because it’s fun, partly because it encourages confidence and partly because it helps people to see how the boats go together.

Gav

Gavin

Do you expect to add dxf files of the nested parts to the zipped package? I consider those very very helpful.

Kind regards,
Jaap