How long would it take for me to build a boat?

Question

So today I was thinking "I think ill go fishing friday" and down on the water I saw a boat as I drove by and then I thought "this summer I should build a boat!" I doubt ill really do it but if I did how long would it take and how would I start?

Answer 1

How long it takes to build a boat, depends greatly on what kind & size boat you want to build - and how closely you follow directions, as well as how good you want to build it.

Here is a link to hundreds of boat building plans - pick one, and read all the information on it.

It will tell you "about" how long it will take.



http://www.glen-l.com/



I built boats for almost 40 years. Some small 'fishing type' boats take little more then a couple of weekends, some take a couple of weeks, some months, and my last one took a little more then 7 years. . . They have some small 'dinghy' and 'jon' boats that can be built in a weekend.



More then likely, from the sound of things, for what you want to build, if you have the money, the tools, and the materials in place, you are probably talking a weekend to a week to build a simple "jon boat" or similiar type small fishing type boat. A "Bass Ranger" type boat will take two or three weeks - maybe a month - assuming of course, you have the time to devote to it.



I've done business with Glen-L for 40 years, and they have great plans on great boats of all types & sizes. They are also great people to do business with. They have excellant easy to understand plans with great instructions, and will provide you with help and support, and answer your questions until you finish your boat building project. WIth their plans & help - it is easy to build a great boat you will be proud of.



PS. It's much easier then you think - even with fiberglass over plywood.



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Answer 2

short answer is that we will never know. at some point some ancient human noticed certain objects could float on water, and could hold other things up. i imagine this ancient ancestor may of noticed an animal stranded on a floating log..... i also imagine the very 1st boats were much like the crude rafts you think of for escaping a deserted island after being shipwrecked. that design would be very easy for even prehistoric man to make, couple of logs and some vines to tie it all together. a "boat" made in that manner would not last the ages. all the materials used are highly vunerable to rotting away. the vines or whatever was used to tie would the 1st to go, and then you just a bunch of logs left behind. and a damp enviroment is usually not the best for fossil remains to begin with. long answer, there have been findings that are roughly 10,000 years old. that vessel was coated with bitumen, a tar like mixture to seal and perserve the wood, and ended up far away from water. that combination is why it has lasted the ages. any earlier methods would require some extreme luck in being perserved to last. and would need to be found, neither of which are likely to happen. BTW, there are also supposed findings of noah's ark. that would have to be the oldest boat sicne any others would of been wiped out at the time. but if you believe that to be a true story, then you also porbably believe it to of occured somewhere around 6-7,000 years ago, and the kuwaiti boat cant of existed prior to then because the earth itself didnt.....

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Just go get an inflatable raft and build up muscles and not waste time building a boat. Life is too short.The raft can cost as little as $20 at Wal-Mart

Answer 5

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Answer 6

there are some boats you can build in a weekend, look up bolger boats.

they go together quickly and are quite good boats, just not fancy.

have built a few for less than 50 bucks, but the wood and glues might cost more now.

the 'teal' is very easy, sorta a flat bottom canoe, there are even plans to make these boats into sailboats.

my favorite was 'pointy skiff' a 10 foot dinghy we towed behind our sloop. it was a safe boat, easy to build and not bad looking.

you just need basic skills in tool use.

Answer 7

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