The more edges or corners you have to sand, the more trouble it is. With these boats and their various lessons learned, I began to search my mind for a method that would allow me to build a wooden boat that could be affordable for the average person, yet have the beauty and grace of higher-priced boats. The result of this search are the Stillwater Boats . The Stillwater Boats are built using a unique new method of cutting and bending plywood that results in a finely shaped hull with no ribs to sand around, no strakes to bevel, and minimal fairing. Stillwater Boats are built on a very simple jig of just two station forms that can be set up on sawhorses, bench top, or the kitchen table, if you're so inclined.
Fewer pieces mean less time.
There are also fewer joints to work, and possibly fail, over the long term. Secondly, there is very little fairing work to do, unlike a stripper where the whole boat has to be sanded inside and out in order to fair all of those little strips into each other. Thirdly, the finishing process is much easier without all the edges of a lapstrake boat to deal with. All methods have their advantages and disadvantages. What Stillwater Boats offer is a quick, lightweight, and simple method that results in a nicely shaped hull.