Boat Building

$18.95  
Paperback, Derek Van Loan, 112 pages, 7.8 x 6.4, 9780939837700
The Chinese Sailing Rig: Design and Build Your Own Junk Rig is a stem-to-stern guide for the Western sailor who wants to junk rig any hull. . Words and drawings clearly explain in detail concepts that have been successfully used for millennia in the Orient. Using Western materials and...

$49.95  
Hardcover, Larry Pardey, 452 pages, 10 x 8
This impressive book shows the process of constructing a boat hull with extensive photographs and drawings and includes ample time-saving procedures. Larry Pardey is accepted as one of the master craftsman of the wooden-boat building world. He and his wife, Lin, have built two, strong,...

$34.00  
Paperback, George Buehler, 416 pages, 9.1 x 7.3, 9780071823050
"Build wooden boats the Buehler way, which is to say inexpensively, yet like the proverbial brick outhouse." -- Wooden Boat "A WEALTH OF VALUABLE INFORMATION." -- American Sailing Association The classic and definitive guide for the home boatbuilder--now updated Everybody...

$10.00  
Paperback, Biance & Gordon Barnes, 83 pages, 9780981226002
Real-time Boatbuilding is a beautiful photographic book put out by Salt Spring residents Bianca and Gordon Barnes, chronicling 20 years of a project that Gordon began in 1967 - a project that still has some steps to go before the boat is finished. The idea of a journey that remains incomplete...

$49.95  
Hardcover, Gougeon Brothers, 404 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781878207500
An expanded, revised, reorganized, updated edition of this exhaustive manual on modern wood/epoxy yacht construction. Extensively illustrated with photos and drawings covering every operation from lofting to launching. Extraordinary volume.

Boatbuilding with Plywood
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$32.95  
Hardcover, Glen L. Witt, 302 pages, 8.5 x 11, 939070073
The classic text for building in plywood. Dense with information on every process from lofting to launch. Very well illustrated with photos, drawings.

$32.00  
Hardcover, Ernest H. Sims, 128 pages, 7.5 x 9.75, 9781574091137
Authoritative book highlighting the advantages of building in aluminum, as well as discussing limitations. Material on machinery, tools and techniques, setup, corrosion, more. Well illustrated. Sections on bonding and adhesives, welding, plasma and waterproofing.

$21.00  
Paperback, Edward S. Brewer, 143 pages, 7.5 x 95, 9780070076945
The best, most concise introduction to boat shapes, designs, rigs, features, construction materials, powering options, performance and more for both sail and power. Excellent illustrations.