The Words
Boatbuilding Glossary
Around a hundred terms a builder will meet in a set of plans or a build log, defined in plain English and grouped by what they describe.
The Shelf
Reference
Everything else here is somebody's boat. This is the part that is not: the words, the methods, and what you are actually buying when you buy a set of plans.
The Ways
Methods & Materials
The ways a small hull can be put together — what each asks of you in skill, tools and time, and what it gives back.
The Drawings
Plans & Designers
What a set of plans actually contains, what the money buys, how to choose — and every designer represented in the register.
And Then
Once you know the words
A reference shelf is only worth having next to the thing it refers to. Every term defined here is on a boat in this register, and most of the boats have a builder's own account of getting it wrong the first time.