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Are Boat Building Kits The Key To Plain Sailing When Building Your Own Boat?

When planning to build your own boat, one route to achieve this goal that you may want to look into is that of using a boat building kit. These contain the pieces of wood that you need to complete the build, already pre cut to the correct size and shape by computers and machines, saving you the time and hassle of doing it all yourself by hand. But, is this the key to plain sailing when building your own boat?

 

If you don't have much experience with woodworking this could be a perfect way to start, both in terms of the actual building the boat itself, plus also learning skills in carpentry. If you think about it, you don't want to bite of more than you can chew the first time round, so this is a perfect introduction.

 

It is also probably more likely to have a positive outcome and therefore inspire you to take on greater challenges in the long run too. Just because you build with a kit or two to begin with, it doesn't have to mean that is your only possibility moving forward either, so should you get hooked and want to build more boats in the future, you could always move on to build one from scratch when you have developed the necessary skill and expertise.

 

Another benefit that building a boat using a kit can have, is that you may need to have fewer tools for the build, due to the fact that all, or at least most of the cutting has already been done for you. This means there may be no need for a jigsaw, or the other more expensive cutting tools, which could end up saving you money.

 

So it's all sounding very positive at the moment, but I do have one final thing I want to throw out there that you might want to think about with regard to this topic. The key to this point is given is away in the title of this article and that is that using a boat building kit may just be plain sailing and the word of focus here is ‘plain'.

 

It's a bit like building a piece of IKEA furniture, rather than creating a great example of craftsmanship. To some people it's all the same and if it serves it's function, then what's the difference, but for others it's that sense of pride knowing that it's been all you own hard work and they have truly conquered the challenge.

 

As you will have seen from this article, there are both pros and cons to using kits and whether you decide this is the best route for you, it is very much down to your own personal choice. It's a question of exactly what you are looking to get out of your boat building project. If it's simply building a boat, great, if you're looking to learn new skills, but don't want to feel like your drowning under the weight of a complete build your own boat project, also perfect, but if you're looking for the complete experience, you may just want to think again before buying that kit.

 

If you enjoyed this article or found it useful, please take a moment to leave a comment and let me know. I would love to know your thoughts, so just drop me a line. For more information on boat planning and designs, or for similar boat building topics, also please feel free to visit my website, you're always welcome aboard. Just click on the links below.

About the Author

Tony Metcalf is a Boat Building Enthusiast. For more great information on boat building kits, please visit http://www.boatsbuildingplans.com/boat-building-kits.

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