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Building Northeaster Dories at Chesapeake Light Craft: Stitch & Glue Boatbuilding

Over the last 15 years, CLC boatbuilding classes have launched 900 boats and introduced more than a thousand students to the joys of boatbuilding. CLC has been hosting and teaching build-your-own-boat classes since 1994. Our talented professional instructors will help you assemble your own boat from start to finish. Most classes are 5-1/2 days—a perfect one-week vacation, with your own boat to take home, ready for finish work. View CLC’s current class schedule at http://www.clcboats.com/classes

The Northeaster uses Chesapeake Light Craft’s patented LapStitch process, in which pre-cut planking is assembled quickly with wire “stitches” and nothing more than a pair of ordinary sawhorses. Hull planking is 6mm okoume; the bottom is 9mm, fiberglassed on both sides and up onto the side planking. Bulkheads are laminated together from layers of 9mm plywood. Epoxied together, the hull is light—only about 100 pounds—and very strong. And with 800 pounds of displacement, this dory offers real versatility. It’s small enough to be rowed by one person, but big enough for tandem rowing with two adults. Like all dories, the Northeaster tracks well, has a long glide, and stays dry in waves. Even four adults have comfortable seating. Learn more about the Dory at http://www.clcboats.com/dory

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