Rowboat Kits

Our rowboat kits are for stitch-and-glue construction.  This is the easiest type of construction commonly in use, and eliminates the need for strongbacks and station molds.  Assembly is done on a flat table.  The planks are held together with wire "stitches" and then "glued" together with epoxy and fiberglass tape.

Our pre-cut wooden parts kits include all the wood parts (planks, gunwales, and frames) you will need to build the boat plus a detailed instruction manual.  Additional materials needed are: copper wire, epoxy resin and hardener, filler, fiberglass cloth and tape, paint and varnish.  These can be purchased at a local marine supply store or by mail order.

Building from a kit eliminates the most difficult part of building a stitch-and-glue boat—transferring the plank shapes to the panels and cutting them out.  Our plank pieces are accurately cut with a computer controlled router.

Our kits use our signature "sine wave" joint to splice the plank pieces together.  This is self aligning and is as easy as a butt joint but does not need a backing plate and has superior bending qualities.

Sine wave joint

Building time for our rowboat kits will vary depending on the skill of the builder, but typically will take about 50 hours over a period of three or four weeks.

Odyssey 165

Odyssey 180