: . . . Would you have to build the whole thing first and then cut it up? What did
: you use to hold the sections together?

That is actually the easiest way to do it. You wrap a string around the boat and pull taut to get your cutting line. Three or more nails driven throuh the boat along this line hept to hold your form for making your bulkheads.

You construct a matched set of bulkheads and join them loosely with the joining devices of your choice. Thumbscrews and "T" nuts are possible. if you don't mind taking a few minutes longer, you can use allen head bolts, and tighten them with a hex key. Or, hex head bolts and a socket wrench. position the bulkheads.

slide the pair of bulkheads in the boat, pulling out the nails for a moment, and then drop the nails back so they are sandwiched bwtween the two bulkheads. Gently tightening hte bulkheads pinches the nails jsut enough to hold the bulkheads in place while you apply a fillet of thickened epoxy resing, and a couple layers of glass tape, probably two and three, or two and four inches wide. When the resin is hard, loosen the fasteners, pull the nails, and start sawing at one of the nailholes. The thickness of the nails will ahve left a slight space between the bulkhead panels into which you can insert a sawblade.

Once the boat is divided, glue a layer of gasket material ( you can get rools of cork gasket material at auto parts shops) to one bulkhead. Wehn you reassemble the boat you just need to tighten the bolts enough to squeeze the gasket a bit, and it will seal all the holes.

Repeat the process for the other end of the boat.

: My friend that is thinking about building one doesn't have a very
: big apartment so he thought if he could build in sections it would make
: things easier...

Building the boat is short sections is more difficult. a lot of hte curves of these boats are developed by the way the entire length of wood is bent. If you try to bent a shorter piece of wood the curves will not be as fair.

While the weather is nice, why not build outside and then cut the boat into sections to store inside in the winter. You can even use the boat in one piece for a while before converting it.

: I'm also in the middle of building a One Ocean Cape Ann Double out of
: reclaimed redwood. Loads of fun, but I wouldn't dream of sawing it into
: pieces.
: Any ideas?

Aw, go on. Dream about cutting that up into a nice three part boat

PGJ