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Fiberglass hull Layup
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Wood Boat Construction
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Wood Boat Glass Sheathing
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Wood Boat Flotation
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Shore Electrical Connection
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Capacity Label
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Battery Installation
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Inboard Engine Installation
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Ventilation Blower
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Wood Patterns
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Large Fuel Tank
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Fuel Tank
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Joining Deck To Hull
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Wood Boat Building Shop

WELCOME to my website.  A portal for persons getting into the boat building/manufacturing business of recreational boats.  I try to explain Federal regulations and industry standards in plain english.  Regulations are laws that a boat builder/manufacturer must comply with, but often written in legal terms.  The general public does not talk in legalese. Industry Standards are voluntary standards, but most boat builders follow them for safety and liability reasons.  I have tried to cut through the fog and make it understandable.  None of the information or photos on this site has been generated by A.I.  It is all the result of years of education and experience, by me and others in the boatbuilding industry. The photographs were taken by me, unless I credit them to another photographer.

The U.S. Coast Guard enforces the Federal Regulations for building recreational boats.  They cover Hull Identification Numbers, Manufacturer Identification Codes, Safety Labels, how many people the boat can carry (persons capacity), how heavy a load is safe (maximu weight capacity),  built-in flotation, outboard horsepower, electrical systems and ventilation of fuel/engine compartments.  There are more. There is a Chart of these regulations here; chart of the regulations.

This is also a useful tool for boat owners.  Many boat owners want to know what horsepower outboard they can put on their boat.  They want to rewire the electrical system. (see "14 Steps to Wiring Your Boat".) Some want to build their own boat.  This is a useful guide to that.   "Ike's List" provides links to just about everything boat building, including a separate page for electrical links.  Thi site works with all devices, PCs, Tablets, and mobile devices. If you have any issues or comments  Contact Me Here.   See about this site.....

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Subject Index To New Boat Builders Home Page

A:
About Us
Alcohol in Gas (pdf)
Alternating Current
Alternative Fuels
Aluminum - Painting(pdf)
ABYC American Boat And Yacht Council

B:
 Back Yard Boat Builders (pdf)
Batteries
Batteries and Chargers(pdf)
Batteries: Everything You Need To Know (pdf)
Battery Group Number(pdf)
Boatbuilding Myths
Business of Boat Building

C:
 Canada Standards
Canoes
Capacity (Safe Load)
Carbon Monoxide
Certification
Chargers(pdf)
CNG (Compressed Natural Gas
Commercial use only boats
Corrosion(pdf)
Corrosion

D:
 Direct Current
Displacement (Word Doc)

E:
 Electric Shock Drowning
Electrical Grounding(pdf)
Electrical Links
Electrical Safety and Practices
Electrical Standards
Electrical System Planning
Electric Propulsion

Basic Electricity -  Direct Current
Basic Electricity - Alternating Current
Engines - Inboards
Engines - Outboard Weights
Emergency engine shut off -Kill Switch
Environmental
Ethanol (pdf)
Exemptions/Equivalency
Exhaust Systems

F:
 Federal Regulations
Fiberglass on Wood(pdf)
Flotation
Flotation - Basic 
Flotation -Level
Flotation - Modified
Fuel Systems (Gasoline)
Fuel Systems (LPG & CNG)

G:
 Generators - Portable Gensets (pdf)

H:
 Horsepower
Hot Topics
Hull Identification Numbers
Hull Identification Numbers Simplified

I:
 Ike's List Links to boat building sites
Ike's List Electrical Links
Ike's List- Links and Books For Kids
Inflatables
International Standards (ISO)

J:

K:
 Kayaks
Kids, Links to Books and Videos
Kill Switch (Emergency engine shut off)

L:
 Labels
Legal Considerations
Links to other boatbuilding sites
Links to Electrical Sites for Boatbuilders
Links to Books and Videos For Kids
Lightning Protection
LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas
Lithium Batteries
Load

M:
 Manufacturers Identification Codes-MICs
Marine Engines
Marine Sanitation Devices
Myths

N:
 Navigation Lights (Lights on  boats)

O:
 Outboard Engine Weights

P:
 Planning - Electrical System
Pontoon Boats
Production Management
Propane
Propulsion: Electric

Q:
 Quality - Control

R:
 Recalls
Regulations

S:
 Safe Loading
Safety History
Sailboats
Shift interrupter Switch
Solar Power
Stabilitypdf)
Stainless Steel Boats (Word Doc)
Standards, ABYC
Standards Societies
Start-In-Gear Protection

T:
 Tanks, Fuel
Toilets, Marine Sanitation Devices

U:
 Uninspected Commercial Vessels

V:
 Ventilation

W:
 Warranties: (Business of Boat Building)
Wind Power
Wire Size
Wiring Color Codes
Wiring your Boat

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Y:

Z:

American Boat And Yacht Council  Boat Design Net  Wooden Boat Foundation

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