Boat construction

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BOAT COMPRISING PROVIDING A FIRST JIG HAVING THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE COMPLETED BOAT IN INVERTED POSITION AND HAVING SLOTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF BOW, TRANSOM, KNEE, AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE RIB, AND AT LEAST ONE CHINE ON EACH SIDE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID TRANSOM TO SAID BOW; PLACING SAID BOW, TRANSOM, KNEE, TRANSVERSE RIB AND CHINES IN SAID SLOTS ON SAID JIG; SECURING SAID KNEE TO SAID TRANSOM, SAID KNEE TO SAID RIB, AND SAID CHINE TO SAID TRANSOM, RIB AND BOW; PROVIDING PRE-CUT SIDES; FASTENING SAID SIDES TO SAID CHINES AND EXTENDING BELOW SAID CHINES; SAID SIDES HAVING OUTWARDLY SLOPING UPPER EDGE PORTIONS; PROVIDING PRE-CUT BOTTOM LAYERS, APPLYING A PLURALITY OF SAID PRE-CUT BOTTOM LAYERS OVER SAID KNEE AND EXTENDING FROM SAID TRANSOM TO SAID BOW AND FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF SAID BOAT OUT TO SAID CHINES; PROVIDING A SECOND JIG HAVING THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE GUNWALE OF THE BOAT, FITTING TOGETHER PIECES OF WOOD HAVING THE SHAPE OF ONE-HALF OF SAID GUNWALE SPLIT ON THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE BOAT, AND HAVING GROOVES DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE IN ONE SURFACE CORRESPONDING TO THE ANGLE OF THE EDGES OF THE SIDES OF THE HULL; FITTING THE TWO HALVES OF SAID GUNWALE TOGETHER ON SAID SECOND JIG; INVERTING THE GUNWALE AND SLIPPING THE EDGES OF THE SIDES OF THE HULL INTO THE GROOVES IN THE GUNWALE; AND SECURING SAID HULL AND GUNWALE TOGETHER.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BOAT COMPRISING PROVIDING A FIRST JIG HAVING THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE COMPLETED BOAT IN INVERTED POSITION AND HAVING SLOTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF BOW, TRANSOM, KNEE, AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE RIB, AND AT LEAST ONE CHINE ON EACH SIDE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID TRANSOM TO SAID BOW; PLACING SAID BOW, TRANSOM, KNEE, TRANSVERSE RIB AND CHINES IN SAID SLOTS ON SAID JIG; SECURING SAID KNEE TO SAID TRANSOM, SAID KNEE TO SAID RIB, AND SAID CHINE TO SAID TRANSOM, RIB AND BOW; PROVIDING PRE-CUT SIDES; FASTENING SAID SIDES TO SAID CHINES AND EXTENDING BELOW SAID CHINES; SAID SIDES HAVING OUTWARDLY SLOPING UPPER EDGE PORTIONS; PROVIDING PRE-CUT BOTTOM LAYERS, APPLYING A PLURALITY OF SAID PRE-CUT BOTTOM LAYERS OVER SAID KNEE AND EXTENDING FROM SAID TRANSOM TO SAID BOW AND FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF SAID BOAT OUT TO SAID CHINES; PROVIDING A SECOND JIG HAVING THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE GUNWALE OF THE BOAT, FITTING TOGETHER PIECES OF WOOD HAVING THE SHAPE OF ONE-HALF OF SAID GUNWALE SPLIT ON THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE BOAT, AND HAVING GROOVES DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE IN ONE SURFACE CORRESPONDING TO THE ANGLE OF THE EDGES OF THE SIDES OF THE HULL; FITTING THE TWO HALVES OF SAID GUNWALE TOGETHER ON SAID SECOND JIG; INVERTING THE GUNWALE AND SLIPPING THE EDGES OF THE SIDES OF THE HULL INTO THE GROOVES IN THE GUNWALE; AND SECURING SAID HULL AND GUNWALE TOGETHER.