Home / West Point Skiff™ History / Skiff Construction / Specifications / Tender / Contact

 

 

 

West Point Skiff™ Construction

 

The strips are cut from clear white pine boards, hand-planed to fit, and side nailed using silicon bronze ring nails.  Keel, transom, ribs and stem are oak.  Ribs are steamed and bent to fit inside the finished hull.  It has a v-bottom forward which transitions to a flat bottom aft, which I believe contributes to its stability in the water.

                                                                                     -Richard Nichols

 

                 Molds in place 

                          Partial hull  

     Framing completed

     Steam bent ribs

                      Interior hull

                        Exterior hull

 

 

The West Point Skiff™

 

info@westpointskiff.com

 

Nichols Boat Builder, LLC - Richard Nichols, Owner and Builder
300 West Point Road, Phippsburg, Maine 04562
(207) 389-2468

 
Copyright 2006, THE WEST POINT SKIFF