Small Boat Construction.

Traditional solid wood construction is still a great way to build a boat, and as oil prices (and therefore the price of glass-fibre boats ) increase, many people are remembering all the advantages of wooden construction, one of the main ones being that timber is a renewable resource.

At  Berry boats  we also use a successful method that combines wood with modern man-made materials.  Glued clinker plywood is more than just a compromise between solid wood and fibreglass building techniques.  A boat built this way is light for it's size, strong and tough, and most importantly looks beautiful. 

Unless lightness is the absolute top priority, we recommend that the boat is sheathed in a thin skin of woven glass fibre fabric, bonded to the hull with epoxy resin.  This will not show when the boat is completed, and will add a tough surface to the hull to resist the inevitable bumps and scrapes that occur when a boat is used often, (you will find that a simple, light-weight boat is so easy to put on the water that a half hour relaxing after work is easily achievable).