Lumber going in one end of the shop, boats like these coming out the other end. Those were the days. There are shops around the country where wood boats are still being built, but I don't know of anyone doing lapstrake boats.
Chris Craft seemed to make a science out of building a lapstrake hull, and their Thiokol caulking just made them better. It must have been tremendously rewarding for the craftsmen to be able to see these beautiful hulls start from nothing, and end up coming out of the shop looking so pretty.
James
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