Building a Bolger Bobcat (Payson Tiny Cat) catboat from CAD on up

I’ve built small, wooden (plywood) boats before, but this was where I wanted to take the full plans, digitize them (via design parameters within AutoCAD Fusion 360) and go from there to CNC milling.

Then came the cutting…:

The Bobcat is now down in the shop, taking shape, with epoxy/sawdust putty in the seams now awaiting sanding and then taping with fiberglass strips:

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