"Meindert Sprang" ) writes:

Beware that glued lapstrake will only work with plywood, because that is
dimensionally stable, unlike 'normal' timber. Take a look at my building
site www.customware.nl/boats for a glued lapstrake 10ft sailing dinghy.

good point. TF Jones describes a "wee lassie" style lapstrake canoe he
built with polyurethane adhesive along the laps. The stakes were thin
cedar and they started to split after 10 years. If the laps were allowed
to flex that may not have happened. The caoe wasn't used a lot. It was
kept under cover in a shed or something. He put some adhesive on the
splits.


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