: Edge nailed strip built boats are still being made - it's an easy,
: if time consuming, way to build complex shapes in larger boats.
: And, I have, I'm pretty sure, seen glass-free, strip planked
: small boats with interior ribs . . . I just don't remember
: where. I seem to recall the ribs had much wider spacing than you
: are proposing. Wood movement with various moisture content is
: likely to be your only big issue. I'd try, at least, to ensure
: that your wood was stabilized to the local conditions before you
: build with it.

: All in all, I think this is a good idea - all the looks without the
: mess. The less glassing I have to do the happier I am!

: You might do a search on the WoodenBoat forum - I'm pretty sure
: this has been discussed fairly recently.

: Dave

You saw it one on the Woodenboat site. It was a gorgeous strip canoe but it wasn't anything modern. A French boatbuilding school did a repoduction of a stripper from 80 years ago. Ship-lapped and tapered strips, steamed ribs and clinch nailing.
There was no edge nailing on those old stripper canoes. The strips were too thin. The boat had to be built over a fairly complex mold that was stout enough to endure all the hammer blows required by the gazillion clinch-nails.