MOTHER’s Dinghy: How to Build a Homemade Boat

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on September 1, 1985
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Allow it to perform well with a simple homemade sail rig.
Allow it to perform well with a simple homemade sail rig.
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The clean lines of MOTHER's little dinghy.
The clean lines of MOTHER's little dinghy.
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Here are the various prototypes built while perfecting the design.
Here are the various prototypes built while perfecting the design.
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Diagram of boat building instructions.
Diagram of boat building instructions.
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Our row-and-sail boat also accommodates a 1.5HP Cruise Air from Air Drive Systems of Tavernier, Florida (We'll have more on the power plant in a future issue.)
Our row-and-sail boat also accommodates a 1.5HP Cruise Air from Air Drive Systems of Tavernier, Florida (We'll have more on the power plant in a future issue.)

How to build a homemade boat. Buy two 4 by 8 sheets of 1/4 inch plywood, and you can start this rewarding winter workship project. (See the boat building diagram and boat photos in the image gallery.)

There aren’t too many homesites in North America that
aren’t within easy driving distance of a good-sized body of
water, So it’s a safe bet that those of you who don’t own a
boat had, over the past summer, occasion to wish you did.

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