Boat Shop

  Building L Francis Herreshoff's Pram The building of this pram was inspired by the lines and table of offsets in John Gardner's book, "Building Classic Small Craft".  These lines and offsets were taken from a half model that John Gardner fashioned after a pram of L. Francis Herreshoff many years ago before including them in his book.  This pram is easy to plank due to there being no hard bends or twists in the planking.  While it is a simple boat to build, the inexperienced builder should not underestimate the skill level required according to Mr. Gardner.  My knowledge of boatbuilding comes from having a father that was a shipwright in the early years of his working life.  I also am a graduate of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding as stated in my profile https://www.nwswb.edu . My previous three posts are about the lofting process.  The tools needed are few and the process takes 4-6 hours with some basic knowledge of lofting.   Once the lofting is complete