Ever dream of building your own boat? Join Bob as he helps demystify the boat building process.
The Art of Boat Building is a video series about the creation and construction of wooden boats. Using a combination of traditional and modern methods, this hands on approach will focus on the aesthetics and beauty of wooden boat building. Join Bob Emser as he leads us through the process of boat building through the eye of an artist and craftsman.
Emser is an internationally lauded sculptor, having artwork on 5 continents, 8 countries and 27 states in the U.S. His extensive body of work, dating back to 1978, can be seen in cities and municipalities, sculpture parks, museums and institutions of higher learning. During his 50+ year career he has served as a visiting artist and has taught at several universities a held a tenured professorship. Emser’s sculpture has always been inspired by the construction and aesthetics of boats and their close cousin aircraft.
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Protip: use the corner of your table with the pipette bag and squish the material goo inside the bag using force against the corner of that table. You can do this with anything like a sour cream tube or a toothpaste tube or your bag of boat goo etc etc.
Would love to listen to Steve talk about his career!
Next episode. He is turning a hook handle with his home build CNC lathe.
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding no way! That's awesome! Very much looking forward to it
Hello Bob...I am really curious...in all your series I percept you like a really calm person, but do you get angry, or furious when something goes wrong? I would like to see a short video with your "furious" moments...if such exist 😃 Big greetings from a follower from Croatia...
Great tutorial, Bob. I do a few of these in my day job and it's always interesting to see other people's techniques as there's always something to learn. One thing I like to do to make things easier: after feeding the tapered cover through the core, I leave the fid taped on and save the milking until after I have got the core through the cover. This means there are no worries about the cover sneaking back out whilst I'm messing about with the other side; once both core and cover are inside their respective cover and core they can each still be pulled tight, ensuring a tight crossover point. Just something that helped the process for me! Cheers, love the videos.
Changing the direction you’re painting all the time is giving me heart failure
I understand your complaint. To be clear I was not painting I was applying epoxy resin and epoxy primer. It is important to work the epoxy into the glass cloth as to get it properly saturated with resin. Changing direction helps work the resin in more consistently. Thanks for watching!
never have i been more exited for a youtube video than seeing a 35min lofting vid on my for you page
Quick question. I’m looking to build either a Buzzards Bay or a Watch Hill and I cannot for the life of me find the full plans for it.
Both Hereshoff's Buzzard Bay 15 and the Watch Hill plans are held by the MIT's Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Thistle is a Watch Hill boat. here is a link to the plans: mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/vessel/thistle-60904?filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=vesselName&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=Thistle&resultIndex=8 You must contact MIT for usage rights. Artisan Boat work has built both boats. You could check with them about plans www.artisanboatworks.com/ Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video.
You're welcome
Awesome work, Bob! Always like seeing your process!
Her launching has been a long time coming. Wish I could be there. Fantastic work Bob.
When are you coming back on line Bob
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That hammer looks like something Thor would weild.
Thanks for sharing the creative idea for twist-lock installation! Another great video!
Thanks for watching!
As I am now retired but haven't lost my knowledge on mixing epoxy and paints properly. I feel it absolutely necessary to shed some light on your mixing abilities. It was in my 3rd year of schooling in the automotive industry we were taught to mix in the epoxy resin category which by the way had nothing to do with painting but it was brought to our attention that resins being much thicker by viscosity one must take a piece of wire (coat hanger) in thickness cut a piece long enough to form a 2 inch triangle at the bottom end and used in a small drill to mix our resins thoroughly. I don't mean to be rude in this, but only helpful. I thank you for your taking the time to share your knowledge as well. It brought back some memories for me, and it was fun to watch you work.😊
Hi, I was wondering how did you determine the apex line for the stem rabbet? Excellent video!
Thank you! All of the information on the laying out of the boat is described in the plans. Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
There is not many videos on this. Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. But how and where would you find plans?
The Wooden Boat store is a good place to start. go to www.woodenboatstore.com/ and click on plans. Thanks for watching
While i appreciate your accuracy why subtract the thickness of the planking from the mold? who cares if your boat is 6/8 wider than the plan?
Another truly beautiful project!!
I haven’t looked into this yet Bob but now I have the basic recipe. The folks at Sailrite are a pleasure. Great as usual. I won’t make it to the show this year but will be there in spirit. Best wishes, Chuck
Good morning. Do you know somewhere where I could download the project to sew a size 5.7 sail in the classic windsurfing style one design windsurfer?
Sailrite will design any sail from a sail plan.
Excellent piece of work. Thank you doe sharing.🙂🙂
Curious what body of water you intend to keep her that would require sail covers? Peoria Lake?
It’s a private lake in Illinois. Sail covers are important to protect the sails against inclement weather and UV. Thanks for watching.
Gracias Bob.Por todo el tiempo que te has tomado para mostrarnos este hermoso trabajo que has hecho.Yo aquí en Chile,solo me confomo con mirarlo por yuo tube.Muy agradecido y DIOS TE BENDIGA.
Awesome work, Bob! I'm a long way from needing sail covers (right now, I'm trying to find a good supply of long, straight grain white oak slabs for new frames), but I'll certainly reference this when the time comes.
Thank you Bob. I always learn something from your videos, even though I am a landlubber.
It looks like you’re ready to go sailing. I’ve watched this series since the beginning and it’s been time well spent. It truly has represented “the art of boatbuilding”. Bravo!
Thanks
Do you have plans to make a tonneau for the cockpit to keep it from filling up with rain when stored?
Yes, I have looked into making a cockpit cover. Stay tuned it may be a future video! Thanks for watching.
I was wondering the same thing.
I like how generously sized your sail covers are. The commercial sail covers I have used always seem to be barely big enough and it has been a struggle to get the twist locks fastened.
Thanks Michael, In the Sailrite booklet I mentioned in the video it strongly suggest that the covers should be loose fitting. I too have had the same experience with tight fitting covers. Thanks for watching! Bob
Beautiful work Bob on the sail covers and creating another informative and entertaining video. I look forward to the launch video and see the beautiful lines of Skylark sailing in the bay near Mystic Seaport. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful, Bob! Fantastic work! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks, you too!
As always, if you're gonna make it, make it like Bob does. Beautifully. The sewing is so satisfying.
You must have great knees, Bob.😊
For sure! Even with good kneepads I'd be hurting.
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Great job, I always enjoy your videos, so full of great information.
As always, beautiful work and you do a great job at showing the process. Very clear with the right amount of detail. One question, as I am contemplating making covers for my gaff rig. My peak halyard is detachable at the gaff, which I then clip for storage to one of the chainplates. This would eliminate the cut in the middle of the cover. Is there a reason not to do this?
You certainly can eliminate the lazy jacks in your situation. They are the most complicated part of the process. Cheers, Bob
Bob, I would love to make the trip across “the pond” for the launching of your beautiful boat but I think it's just a trip too far and my pockets aren't that deep. I am sure it will be a very memorable day.
I too wish you could be there. The launch will be on a live KZread feed. It will be quite late in the day for you, however it will be recorded to watch later. Thanks for your support!
I am a landlubber, not a sailer. I’m wondering why sail covers are necessary. Isn’t the sail material weather tolerant ?
Sail covers are important to protect the sails from inclement weather and UV damage. Thanks for watching!
Most of the time boats like this are parked on a trailer or at a mooring , not being sailed. The sun will beat down on the folded sails causing damage over time, ultra-violet degradation or sun rot. It will eventually destroy the covers,but the sunbrella cloth will greatly forestall damage to the sails. The rigging will cook too. The best protection for a trailer boat is a roof.
Great work Always wanted to get into sailmaking Years ago I took auto upholstery classes and worked in a shop for awhile First time I ever touched a sewing machine was on a Pfaff comercial that could sew through your thumb A friend of my dad who knew I used to do that gave me her old 1957-9 machine I wanted to make a WW2 style Navy hammock out of duck canvas Ended up using a sewing awl
For those who followed his videos, it is certain that when completing this work, accessories for protecting and caring for the sailboat could not be missing. Complete to the extreme, your work is fantastic. Congratulations and thank you for providing the pleasure of watching videos full of information, it is certainly encouraging to those interested in boat building. I'm looking forward to seeing you sailing. Good winds! Marcos - Brazil - South America
Thank You!
I should have said this two weeks ago but I thought no you will see it. Anyway just if you don’t, you need a leather cover to go over your mast band so you don’t scratch your mast.
HI Captain, I did install a leather band at the point of the mast partner. Unfortunately, it increased the mast circumference so that the mast partner would not close. Thanks for watching! Bob
Superb job, work of the highest quality
Thank you very much!
Always a pleasure watching a master craftsman at work.
You are truly a Renaissance Man. Is there anything you aren’t great at?
Hi Bob, thank you for the wonderful video once again I just love all your skills that you have. I wish I had the patience that you have. Anyway keep up the good work Cliff from Australia
Thanks Cliff!
Good Morning Bob
Very informative, thank you, where are you located?
Illinois, USA
Illinois, USA
I am very much looking forward to seeing Skylark sail. I'm not sure if you are familiar with Lowell's Boat Shop & Museum in Amesbury, MA. They have several teaching programs including an Apprenticeship Program. It turns out that their current students in the program are finishing up a Haven 12 1/2 as well which should be ready in the spring. Thought you might be interested.
I am quite familiar with Lowell's. Anne B., who works with Lowells is helping to produce my launch. I'm told that the students have been watching my videos. Thanks for watching!
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