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True Round Steel and Aluminum Construction Books at Amazon
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New - Ongoing
The redesign of the classic sailboat
Dark Harbor
for Aluminum construction
Updated - June 22 2025
Go to Dark Harbor Redesign
New to Steel and Aluminum True Round Boatbuilding
The Catspaw Dinghy
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Steel and Aluminum
True Round
Plans
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"Lighting Strike'
Why weight does not the sole factor in determining the speed of a Displacement hull.
Go to Lighting Strike's Velocity Predictions
How to layout and fabricate Hull Intergrals
Fabricating Hull Intergrals such as a Hatch Coaming is the next stage of boat construction.
The below pics is an initial dimensioned hand sketch - The first step in the layout process.
Click here to continue the process.
English Wheeling
This is not your Father's 'English Wheeling' method.
See how the
'True Round'
shell platting is reduced to a flat pattern. These Flat Patterns take the mystic out of English Wheeling.
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Which type of hull is faster - A True Round design or Hard Chine design? See which via the results of 'Velocity Prediction' software.
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The top pic is the orginal design - The bottom pic is the converted True Round version.
