Patent ID: 6142093
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A method for building lapstrake boats comprising the steps of:(a) providing a design for a boat and determining the two-dimensional shape of strakes, or planks, having a top edge, bottom edge, inside face and outside face, required to build said boat;(b) cutting or fabricating said strakes;(c) cutting into each said strake in the hull, but the bottom strake, at the intersection of said strake's lower edge and inside face, a rabbet running the length of said strake's lower edge and inside face;(d) positioning said strakes together so that a portion of the upper edge and a portion of the outside face of one said strake, which does not containing said rabbet, fits into and is in contact with the rabbet in the bottom edge of the adjoining strake in such a manner that a portion of said strake adjacent to said rabbet overlaps the outside face of said adjoining strake and the angle between said strakes is between 30 and 180 degrees, and;(e) bonding said strakes using a cementitious matter whereby said strakes are attached and do form said boat hull.