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Amateur Boatbuilding & Repair:

A Barge in the Making (Dave Zeiger and Anke Wagner build their last square cruising sailboat)
The Alpha2 Sailing Dory Builders' Page, Mailing List and Online Forum
AmateurBoatBuilding.com (Online community for all types of amateur built boats from all over the world)
The Amateur Yacht Research Society (AYRS)
Amphibious Boats: Small Craft With Detachable Wheels (Resources, ideas, and project examples for portable devices to assist small craft in entering and leaving the water)
Articles by Constantin von Wentzel (Resolving problems with a Prout Escale 39' catamaran, battery technology and management)
Australasian Amateur Boatbuilder& Kitboats Magazine (Formerly Australian Amateur Boat Builder)
The Back Yard Yacht Builders Association (For builder/owners of Stevenson Projects' Weekender, Vacationer & Pocket Cruiser)
Bateaubois (French wooden boatbuilding forum)
The B&B Yacht Designs Forum (For builders of the B&B Yacht Designs family of boats; Minipaw/Catspaw dinghiess, Spindrifts, Core Sounds, etc.)
Boat Builder Central (Technical support, including a discussion forum and tutporials, for builders of Jacques Mertens' designs)
Boatbuilder Magazine ("The journal of boat design and construction")
Boatbuilder.org (Joel Mill's information and guide for stitch and glue boat construction)
The Boat Builders Forum
Boatbuilding Articles by Dudley Dix (The South African boat designer)
The BoatBuilding.Community ("The Internet boatbuilding, design, and repair resource for amateurs and professionals")
The Boats of Swallows and Amazons (By Stuart Wier)
The Bolgers Boats Discussion Group (Discussion of boats designed by Phil Bolger and Phil Bolger & Friends)
Bolger Boats on the Web
Boneyard Boats (Quarterly newsletter whose mission is to help save old boats)
The Budget Vacuum Pump (Made from a junk refrigerator compressor)
Burn Pile Restorations (Hope and inspiration to restorers of small boats, listings of free boats)
Il Cantierino (Italian Amateur boatbuilding page)
Captain Patrick McCrary's Boatbuilding Tips and Tricks
Capt'n Pauley's Virtual Boatyard (Paul Esterle's boat advice for the nautically addicted)
Carpintería de Ribera en Luanco (An illustrated treatise on traditional wooden boat construction in northern Spain)
The Center for Wooden Boats (Seattle)
The Cheap Little Sucker (Build a $20 pump for vacuum bagging)
Chebacco News (Online newsletter for those building this Phil Bolger design)
The Cleveland Amateur Boat Building Society (CABBS, a TSCA chapter)
ConcreteCanoe.org ("The world's largest and most comprehensive data base on concrete canoeing")
The Coos Bay Boat Building Center (Empire, Oregon)
The Copper Page (An information site provicded by the worldwide copper and brass industries)
Craig O'Donnell's Cheap Pages (The Bolger Honor Roll, proas, sailing canoes, Chinese lugsails, plywood boats, odd sails from polytarp, strange boats, bamboo info, more)
Design and Construction of Centerboards and Rudders (Essay on hydrodynamic foils)
DIY Projects for Improving Marine Reliability, Safety, Comfort, etc. (Including the battery combiner FAQ)
DIY Wood Boat (Tips, techniques, and notes on wooden boat building, restoration and maintenance.)
Duck Trap Press (Walter J. Simmons' boatbuilding books)
Duckworks Magazine's Book Index (An index of boatbuilding and design books, magazines, etc. on the internet)
Duckworks Magazine's How-To Index (Links to Web pages on how to do lots of boatbuilding and boating things)
The Epoxy Book (And other guides from System Three)
Epoxyworks Magazine (Building, restoration, and repair with epoxy, published by Gougeon Bros.)
The European Union (EU) Harmonised Requirements for Recreational Craft
Fédération Internationale l'Unité Amateur (FIUA, French association of amateur boatbuilding groups)
Ferrocement.net (Dedicated to the free exchange of information about ferrocement)
The Finnish Wooden Boat Center (Kotka)
Fishing Boat Construction: 2 Building a Fibreglass Fishing Boat (Free online booklet from the FAO)
Fishing Boat Construction: 3 Building a Ferrocement Fishing Boat (Free online booklet from the FAO)
Fishyfish (Gathering place and a resource for Tolman Skiff builders)
The Fishyfish Tolman Alaskan Skiff and Boat Building Forums (Exchanging information and tips on building Renn Tolman's Alaskan Skiff)
The FoldingBoats Mailing List (For builders of folding boats, kayaks, canoes & dinghies)
Frank Hagan's Bird's Mouth Tapered Mast Proof of Concept Test
The Glen-L Boatbuilders' Blog
The Glen-L-Builders Forum (For builders of boats designed by Glen-L Marine, and other designers)
Good Old Boat (Magazine for owners of older cruising boats)
The Grip Clip^™ Kayak (Green willow shoots, a blue tarp and Grip Clips^™)
Guillemot Kayaks (Free information about building wooden kayaks)
Hannu's Boatyard (Boatbuilding tips and resources from Hannu Vartiala)
Hanoi Private Boat Yards (HAPBY, Stefan Probst's amateur boatbuilding pages
Home Boatbuilding in the British Isles (Boat building projects, designers and boat building suppliers based in the British Isles)
Home Built LED Lighting
The Homebuilt Submersibles Ring
How to Build a Timber Outrigger Canoe (FAO online pamphlet)
An Index of Phil Bolger's Magazine Articles in Woodenboat & MAIB
The Jim Michalak's Boats Discussion Group
Jim Michalak's Online Boat Design and Boatbuilding Newsletter (Twice a month)
John Welsford's Boating and Boatbuilding Blog
Juneau Area Boatbuilders and Homebuilt Boats (Alaska)
The Kayak Building Forum
Ken's Paper Boat Page
The Lake Macquarie Classic Boat Association ("Men and women building and restoring small boats", New South Wales)
The Marine Surveyors' Home Page (Online articles about boat handling, maintenance, repair and surveying by David Pascoe, marine surveyor)
Mast Building for Beginners (Building carbon masts. from the Cherub class page)
Messing-About.com (Forums for boaters home boat builders)
The Metal Boat Society & Metal Boat Quarterly ("A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, design, and building of metal boats")
Mik Storer's Articles about Boatbuilding, Tuning and Design
The Minimalist Boater (Insights, philosophy, musings and mostly good vibes about getting the most enjoyment for the least money while just generally messing about in and with boats)
The Multihull Boatbuilder Page (A free exchange of building and design information for simple, efficient, economic homebuilt multihulls)
Nepal Boat Building Programme (FAO online pamphlet with canoe and boat plans)
The New Boatbuilders Home Page ("Things you need to know if you are building or planning to build boats and sell them")
One Ocean Kayaks (How-to tips, articles about sandwich core principles, epoxy, abrasion fabrics, material resources for builders and hundreds of pictures of kayaks under construction)
The Oregon Coots (AKA Western Oregon Messabouts, small boat enthusiasts and builders)
The Origamiboats Discussion Group (A forum for discussion of "folded steel" boat construction)
The Oz Goose Sailboat (Building and using Michael Storer's 12' square boat, "sailing is for everyone")
The Paradox Sailboat Discussion Group (Building, owning, maintaining, and sailing of Matt Laydens 14 ft Paradox cruising sharpie)
The Plywood for Boatbuilding FAQ
Plywood Scarf Joint Bevelling Made Easy (By Brian Dixon)
Plywood Scarf Joint Clamping Jig (By Brian Dixon)
Professional Boatbuilder Magazine
The Puddle Duck Racer (PDR, a restricted development class of 8' scows)
Punterwerf Wildeboer (Explains the building of traditional Dutch punters)
The Queen's Concrete Canoe Team (QCCT, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario)
The Recreational Boating Building Industry Home Page (RBBI, "The PFD for boat builders surfing the Net")
Riccelli Yacht Design's Boatbuilding Tips and Tricks
RiversWest Small Craft Center (Encouraging the building, recreational use and history of low-impact boats, Portland, Oregon)
RottenBoat ("The 'zine for owners and enthusiasts of old wooden boats")
The SCAMP Forum (Discussing building the SCAMP 11½' camp cruising sailboat)
A Self Made Wind Vane (Pendulum servo automatic steering gear)
A Small Boat Mast (How to build a triangular wooden mast, article by John Atkin)
Square Boats (Bolger and Bolgeresque boats)
Star Distributing's How-To Guides (Brightwork and core restoration for fiberglass decks)
Traditional Kayaks and Other Boats (By Harvey Golden, builder of Inuit and Aleut kayak replicas)
The Traditional Small Craft Association (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Down East Chapter (TSCA, Maine)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Association John Gardner Chapter (TSCA, Connesticut)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Lower Columbia River Chapter (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Lower Columbia River Chapter Discussion Group (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Oregon Coots Chapter (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Puget Sound Chapter (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Association Puget Sound Chapter Discussion Group (TSCA)
The Traditional Small Craft Sacramento Chapter (TSCA, California)
The Traditional Small Craft Sacramento Chapter Discussion Group (TSCA, California)
Traditional Small Craft of Raleigh (Wooden boat builders, sailors, rowers, and paddlers in and around Raleigh, North Carolina, a TSCA chapter)
Transport Canada's Construction Standards for Small Vessels
The US Coast Guard Boatbuilder's Handbook (For manufacturers of recreational boats)
US Coast Guard Safety Standards for Backyard Boatbuilders (A .PDF file)
Water Craft Magazine
West Coast Paddler's Boat & Accessory Building Forum (British Columbia kayak building)
Wooden Boat Association (Australian organization comprised of groups from throughout the country)
Wooden Boat Association of Queensland (Australia)
The WoodenBoat Forum
WoodenBoat Magazine
The Wooden Boat People Forum (Mainly for fans of Northwest river driftboats)
The Wooden Canoe Builders' Guild
A Wood Mast Made Easy (Article about making a teardrop section mast, from the International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association)
Woodweb (Information resource for the woodworking industry)
World Cruiser Yacht Co. (Online Westsail repair manual)
The World of Ferroboats.com ("Devoted to the promotion of Ferroboats as well as a base for all matters Ferro in the boating world," at Hartley & Brookes)
Yostwerks (Tom Yost's aluminum frame folding and wood frame skiined kayak, and inflatable kayak manuals, with free plans)

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