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Ken Cupery sent me an updated link to his Paper Boat Page... when checking that out I saw a link to this nifty Paper Canoe site. Some good info on a non-traditional building technique that you might want to check out.

This is a really slick site chronicling the use of 'paper' to build boats... from the 1800's until the present day, this material has been used to build full sized boats. All of us who are interested in building and alternative materials will find something of interest here. read more »

Lots of boatbuilding involves fitting cabinetry into odd and non-square shapes. One common way of dealing with this is mockups. Building a quick mockup out of cardboard or doorskin lets you try out different arrangements for pennies on the dollar compared to getting it wrong when building with high priced woods or other materials.