Hubby, with no real boatbuilding experience (if you don't count the
styrofoam liveaboard sailboat we built years ago...aptly named "Holy
Mackeral"!) is thinking of trying his hand at boat building. We want
a very light 2 to 3 person sailboat to carry upright on a cargo
carrier at the rear of our "new" '92 Winnebago and we plan to use it
for fishing/sailing/messing around on small lakes. We're thinking
about a maybe 12' nesting boat thinking that each part of the boat
won't weigh as much and the whole thing won't be too tall at the stern
of the RV. He's thinking of using exterior plywood, stitching it
together and hasn't yet decided on whether to use epoxy or polyester
or how much glassing to do. He's also stubbornly planning on devising
his own plans. We'd like to do it fairly inexpensively but not
stupidly. We'd like to end up with a lightweight boat as I'll be
supplying most the "man"power in loading/unloading (hubby has a really
bad back and can't do much of any lifting).

Really appreciate some comments, pointers and suggestions such as...

1. Is 1/4" exterior plywood (such as you'd find at Home Depot)
adequate? The people at HD said that the glue is NOT the same as with
marine plywood and looked sceptical when we told them what we wanted
it for (their special order marine plywood was ridiculously
expensive).

2. Is the generic epoxy (and/or polyester if we decide to go that way)
from our local fiberglass store adequate or is it really adviseable to
go with West System or ?.

3. Anybody have any experience with "Nesting Dinghys"? Any problems
with them?

4. Outside of glass/caulking the seams...is it adviseable to put a
layer or 2 of glass cloth over the whole exterior?

Any and all comments gratefully appreciated!!!

Thanks!

Sandy