: I'm always up for a wild guess The clue is in the repeated pattern. I
: think the builder made-up a bunch of dark/light stripe pieces; some in
: long lengths and some in blocks... He/she stripped the deck using the long
: lengths and then used the block pieces to carefully build-up the coaming
: pattern. I'm guessing the coaming wasn't very rounded at this stage - more
: step shaped. A layer of Saran wrap protected the boat while the blocks
: were glued together. Then the coaming was removed from the boat and shaped
: with an angle grinder and a belt sander.

: I could be totally wrong too. Where was this boat - at the Newfound
: Rendezvous?

: - Chip
: http://www.nwlink.com/~chips

you might also be able to make this by glueing rectangular blocks into an exact fitting oval, then use a routing or shapeing table to carve out the rest. The more I use a router, the more i realize how fast it can create large mistakes.

I am also interested in how the seat was made, that is sooo very pretty.

I can see two possible means of making one like thsi. first step in both is to create/find a seat that you like that fits into the boat (e.g. minicell foam)

in the first method, you sacrifice the seat by sending it through a saw till you get 1/4 inch strips of seat, then you use these strips to create a matching part in wood. Glue, sand and polish

the second is to create an offset pattern using the ringnail/pegboard method to transfer the depths to a blank, and carving away

Or third I suppose is just to start carving away and eyeball it. Ive got some knee hooks that I did that way and they came out pretty good

anyone else with some good ideas? Paul?