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Ship and Aircraft Fairing and Development	Ship and Aircraft Fairing and Development Check Latest Price 'The best introduction to working with and from boat lines ever printed.' John Gardner, curator, Mystic Seaport Museum.^Author: ~S.S. Rabl^Pages: ~112^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1992Size: ~11 x 8 1/2^ISBN: ~0-87033-096- ...
Building a Strip Canoe, revised ed.	Building a Strip Canoe, revised ed. Check Latest Price Plans for eight canoes plus step-by-step building instructions. How to build paddles and cane seats. Photos.^Author: ~Gil Gilpatrick^Pages: ~128^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2002Size: ~8 1/4 x 10 3/4^ISBN: ~0-89933-349- ...
Canoecraft, 2nd ed.	Canoecraft, 2nd ed. Check Latest Price Known as the bible of canoe building. Includes five new designs and complete building instructions using the woodstrip/epoxy method. Excellent.^Author: ~Ted Moores^Pages: ~208^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2000Size: ~10 3/4 x 8^ISBN: ~1-55209-342- ...
Canoe Paddles	Canoe Paddles Check Latest Price See Boatbuilding for description.^Author: ~Graham Warren & David Gidmark^Pages: ~144^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2001Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~1-55209-525- ...
Strip-Built Sea Kayak	Strip-Built Sea Kayak Check Latest Price The first book to adapt this strong, forgiving building method to kayaks. Contains complete plans and instructions for three kayaks, including a tandem.^Author: ~Nick Schade^Pages: ~176^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1997Size: ~7 3/4 x 9 1/4^ISBN: ~0-07-057989- ...
Boatbuilding with Plywood	Boatbuilding with Plywood Check Latest Price The classic text for building in plywood. Dense with information on every process from lofting to launch. Very well illustrated with photos, drawings.^Author: ~Glen L. Witt^Pages: ~312^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~1989Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-939070-07- ...
Fiberglass Boatbuilding for Amateurs	Fiberglass Boatbuilding for Amateurs Check Latest Price Virtually the only manual for building one-off fiberglass boats. Covers every operation including mold-making. Just technical enough to answer the needs of the amateur. Illustrated.^Author: ~Ken Hankinson^Pages: ~392^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1982Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-93907-005- ...
How to Build Boat Trailers, 2nd ed.	How to Build Boat Trailers, 2nd ed. Check Latest Price Covers all topics and considerations in designing and building a boat trailer. Discusses latest equipment, designs. Lots of clear drawings, photos.^Author: ~Glen L. Witt^Pages: ~96^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1996Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-939070-08- ...
How to Fiberglass Boats	How to Fiberglass Boats Check Latest Price Discusses and illustrates in detail all sheathing systems and techniques for covering wooden hulls with fiberglass. Pros and cons of various materials covered. This book will get it done right the first time.^Author: ~Ken Hankinson^Pages: ~120^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1986Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-9 ...
Inboard Motor Installations	Inboard Motor Installations Check Latest Price Authoritative and very detailed procedures for choosing and installing engines. Includes propeller selection, shaft alignment, cooling and exhaust systems, ventilation, electrical, more.^Author: ~Glen L. Witt & Ken Hankinson^Pages: ~250^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~1978Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-939070-0 ...
Building Skin-On-Frame Boats	Building Skin-On-Frame Boats Check Latest Price For novices and veteran builders alike. How to build these lightweight, elegant boats by combining simple handtool techniques with modern tools and technology. Hundreds of illustrations and photos guide the builder through each building step. Seven boats^Author: ~Robert Morris^Pages: ~264^Binding: ...
Go Build Your Own Boat	Go Build Your Own Boat Check Latest Price Top notch you-can-do-it textbook filled with clear explanations of most steps in building small boats from lofting, scarfing plywood, striking the waterline, to fitting out and sailing. Tips, advice, salty wisdom. Photos, drawings.^Author: ~Harold Dynamite Payson^Pages: ~114^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~ ...
Instant Boats	Instant Boats Check Latest Price The book that got instant boats started. Inspirational primer on small boat building, instructions and descriptions for building Teal, the Elegant Punt, a minimum kayak, several more.^Author: ~Harold Dynamite Payson^Pages: ~136^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1985Size: ~7 X 10^ISBN: ~0-887222-02- ...
Build the Instant Catboat	Build the Instant Catboat Check Latest Price How to build this nifty Phil Bolger designed tack and tape plywood version of the famous Beetle Cat.^Author: ~Harold Dynamite Payson^Pages: ~42^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1997Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~1-887222-04- ...
Build the New Instant Boats	Build the New Instant Boats Check Latest Price Eleven new, easily-built Phil Bolger designs with expert building advice. Clever and practical. No lofting required. Plans, photos, illustrations.^Author: ~Harold Dynamite Payson^Pages: ~147^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1984Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-07-155966- ...
Ultrasimple Boatbuilding	Ultrasimple Boatbuilding Check Latest Price The first complete how-to guide for building the latest generation of quick and easy boats In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, renowned designer Gavin Atkin shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats with a minimum of time, experience, and expense. Using clearly written and illustrated ...
New Kayak Shop	New Kayak Shop Check Latest Price Details three elegant and useful, sea kayak designs with updated building instructions, many more shop tips. Finishes, seat construction, computer programs for amateur designers and more make this the single most useful text for modern kayak construction^Author: ~Chris Kulczycki^Pages: ~224^Binding ...
Canoe Shop	Canoe Shop Check Latest Price Complete step-by-step instructions for building three elegant wooden lapstrake canoes featuring a revolutionary, simplified approach to lapstrake construction. Features 12, 14 and a 16 ft. tandem design for single or double paddle.^Author: ~Chris Kulczycki^Pages: ~176^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2001Si ...
Ultralight Boatbuilding	Ultralight Boatbuilding Check Latest Price Describes this boatbuilding method completely using a skiff and canoe as examples. Gives rules-of-thumb and examples for adapting almost any small boat design to the ultralight method, which uses epoxy and plywood to produce simple, light and strong hull^Author: ~Thomas J. Hill^Pages: ~134^Binding: ...
Wood and Canvas Kayak Building	Wood and Canvas Kayak Building Check Latest Price How to build, maintain and use canvas covered kayaks. Simple elegant building techniques with expert, reassuring instructions for a 17 and 18 ft. kayak using modern adhesives. Essential reading for devotees of these strong, light, graceful craft. Illus^Author: ~George Putz^Pages: ~133^Binding: ~P ...
Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding	Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding Check Latest Price Inspirational, irreverent, iconoclastic, step-by-step manual for those who would build boats rather than yachts, who would rather be using their boat than still building it, and who have courage to want something different and believe they can build it^Author: ~George Buehler^Pages: ~371^Binding: ...
Devlin's Boatbuilding	Devlin's Boatbuilding Check Latest Price How to build almost any boat using the stitch-and-glue method utilizing sheet plywood and wire stitches. Includes 150 illustrations and fully dimensioned plans for building.^Author: ~Sam Devlin^Pages: ~256^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1995Size: ~7 1/2 x 9 1/4^ISBN: ~0-07-157990- ...
Boat Joinery & Cabinetmaking Simplified	Boat Joinery & Cabinetmaking Simplified Check Latest Price How to build things in wood from a cup rack to an entire new interior. Author draws on 60 years boat carpentry experience and displays a gift for making the complex understandable. Lavishly illustrated.^Author: ~Fred P. Bingham^Pages: ~256^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1993Size: ~7 x 10^ISBN: ~9780070053 ...
How to Cast Small Parts	How to Cast Small Parts Check Latest Price Excellent sourcebook allowing the amateur to make defect-free castings at very little cost. Covers all relevant materials and processes.^Author: ~William A. Cannon^Pages: ~168^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1986Size: ~5 1/4 x 8 1/4^ISBN: ~0-8306-0414- ...
Surveying Fiberglass Sailboats	Surveying Fiberglass Sailboats Check Latest Price The most thorough guide yet to aging fiberglass boats, their problems and cures written as both buyer's guide and expose of shoddy building practices and lack of standards among builders and surveyors.^Author: ~Henry C. Mustin^Pages: ~160^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1994Size: ~7 x 10^ISBN: ~97800704 ...
Boatbuilding Manual, 4th ed.	Boatbuilding Manual, 4th ed. Check Latest Price Covers lofting, choice of materials, fastenings, techniques. Particular emphasis on developments in wood technology and adhesives. A standard text in the field, used by many schools, yacht design courses. Excellent.^Author: ~Robert M. Steward^Pages: ~320^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~1993Size: ~7 1/2 x 9 ...
Metal Casting	Metal Casting Check Latest Price Comprehensive, essential guide to metal casting. Covers in great, but practical, detail every process and technique to turn out finished metal parts. Hundreds of line illustrations.^Author: ~C.W. Ammen^Pages: ~436^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2000Size: ~7 1/4 x 9 1/4^ISBN: ~0-07-134246- ...
Building Your Kevlar Canoe	Building Your Kevlar Canoe Check Latest Price A foolproof, low-tech, forgiving method and three foolproof designs for rapid building of Kevlar canoes. Designs are for a stable family canoe, a solo canoe and a wilderness tripper.^Author: ~James Moran^Pages: ~224^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1995Size: ~7 1/2x 9 1/4^ISBN: ~0-07-043036- ...
Tolman Alaskan Skiffs	Tolman Alaskan Skiffs Check Latest Price How to build three versions of the rugged Alaskan Skiff, a seaworthy open workboat designed for the stitch-and-glue method of plywood construction. Photos and detailed instructions show every step from setting up shop to pointers on customizing and using^Author: ~Renn Tolman^Pages: ~240^Binding: ~PB ...
Building the Herreshoff Dinghy	Building the Herreshoff Dinghy Check Latest Price How they built these classic boats at the famous Herreshoff Manufacturing company. 47 photos, drawings and four fold-out plans make this a real how-to book of much value.^Author: ~Barry Thomas^Pages: ~50^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1977Size: ~6 x 9^ISBN: ~0-913372-33- ...
Building the Crosby Catboat	Building the Crosby Catboat Check Latest Price Contains a wealth of scarce knowledge and catboat building lore. Seven fold-out sheets for lines, offsets, scantings, construction, more.^Author: ~Barry Thomas^Pages: ~60^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1989Size: ~6 x 9^ISBN: ~0-913372-48- ...
Classic Small Craft You Can Build	Classic Small Craft You Can Build Check Latest Price Sixteen more traditional designs with additional chapters on balancing small boat rigs, suitability of strip planking for home builders. Each chapter contains complete plans (emphasis is on skiffs, dorys, peapods), photos and step-by-step instructions.^Author: ~John Gardner^Pages: ~194^Binding: ~ ...
Wooden Boats to Build and Use	Wooden Boats to Build and Use Check Latest Price Background essays and complete building plans for 16 boats. Also included are discussions of half models, taking off lines, building techniques, and an essay on the future of wooden boats.^Author: ~John Gardner^Pages: ~265^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1996Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-913372-78- ...
Boatshop Lofting Manual	Boatshop Lofting Manual Check Latest Price Exceptionally clear step-by-step instructions for lofting a small boat's lines accompanied by 25 drawings. Comb-bound.^Author: ~Barry Thomas^Pages: ~79^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1998Size: ~11 x 8 1/2^ISBN: ~978091337285 ...
Building Small Boats	Building Small Boats Check Latest Price Heavily illustrated and written to make the subject at hand easily understood. Topics include every process involved in building a small wooden boat from lofting to launch. Promises to become THE textbook on carvel and traditional lapstrake boatbuilding.^Author: ~Greg Rossel^Pages: ~350^Binding: ~HC ...
Canoe Rig: Essence and the Art	Canoe Rig: Essence and the Art Check Latest Price All the information needed to build sails, spars, leeboards, centerboards and much more for canoes and light sailing craft. The illustrations are truly wonderful.^Author: ~Todd Bradshaw^Pages: ~280^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2000Size: ~11 1/4 x 9^ISBN: ~0-937822-57- ...
KayakCraft	KayakCraft Check Latest Price Includes four different designs by Steve Killing for woodstrip construction and takes the builder through each step in building the popular 17 ft. Endeavor kayak. Excellent illustrations with drawings and photos.^Author: ~Ted Moores^Pages: ~180^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1999Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISB ...
Lofting	Lofting Check Latest Price Clearly and succinctly explains the process of drawing a boat full-size to get the shapes and patterns prior to building. Takes the mystery out of this most important part of the building process. Uses a variety of designs as examples.^Author: ~Allan H. Vaitses^Pages: ~152^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~19 ...
Building Catherine: Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy	Building Catherine: Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy Check Latest Price Exceptionally clear step-by-step instructions and diagrams for building this rugged, yet elegant, lapstrake pulling boat in the Whitehall tradition.^Author: ~Rich Kolin^Pages: ~112^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2000Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-62- ...
Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull	Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull Check Latest Price Updated and expanded to include an important new appendix on the mis-advertising of epoxy adhesives and an introduction to superior, though less expensive glues. This book is used by boatbuilding schools around the world to explain the elements of classic craftsmanship and make these skills accessi ...
Four Guys in a Boat	Four Guys in a Boat Check Latest Price A decade's worth of breezy escapist tales chronicling the misadventures of a motley crew of college professors who abandon their landlocked lives for a week a year to go sailing. A hilarious and insightful glimpse into the secret lives of men.^Author: ~Tom Watkins^Pages: ~128^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ...
Aluminium Boatbuilding, 3rd ed.	Aluminium Boatbuilding, 3rd ed. Check Latest Price 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 water^Author: ~Ernest H. Sims^Pages: ~128^Binding: ...
New Plywood Boats: And a Few Others	New Plywood Boats: And a Few Others Check Latest Price Packed with photos and illustrations giving insight into the newer techniques and technology of designing and building modern small wooden boats using marine plywood. Includes a special section by renowned designer Phil Bolger.^Author: ~Thomas Firth Jones^Pages: ~256^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2001Siz ...
Confessions of a Boatbuilder	Confessions of a Boatbuilder Check Latest Price Recaptures the lore and romance of the last days of wooden boatbuilding. With the perils and sometimes unexpected triumphs involved in the design, construction and sailing of a wooden vessel of character. Includes seven lines plans of major designs by th^Author: ~James Douglas Rosborough^Pages: ~27 ...
Build Your Own Boat	Build Your Own Boat Check Latest Price Of great value to the amateur completing a bare hull. Covers all essential skills and steps of the project regardless of building materials. Author is highly qualified and the clear text is enhanced by many sketches and diagrams.^Author: ~Ian Nicholson^Pages: ~206^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1996Size: ...
Thousand Dollar Yacht	Thousand Dollar Yacht Check Latest Price Something of a cult classic. The warm and humorous story of building, outfitting and cruising a St. Pierre dory in the coastal waters of New England. The tradition of low-cost boating is very much alive.^Author: ~Anthony Bailey^Pages: ~214^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1996Size: ~5 3/4 x 8 1/4^ISBN: ~1-57 ...
Rip, Strip, & Row!	Rip, Strip, & Row! Check Latest Price Read this book, add tools and lumber, mix in about 200 hours of labor, then row home in a truly fine, all-purpose rowboat. Answers every possible question. Includes full-size paper patterns. Photos, many drawings.^Author: ~J. D. Brown^Pages: ~80^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1991Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0 ...
Stripper's Guide to Canoe-Building	Stripper's Guide to Canoe-Building Check Latest Price Popular guide to building canoes by this method. Lots of photos, drawings, clear explanations and full-size paper patterns make for problem-free building.^Author: ~David Hazen^Pages: ~93^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1986Size: ~9 x 12^ISBN: ~0-917436-00- ...
Boat Named Clancy	Boat Named Clancy Check Latest Price A step-by-step guide to building this rugged, lightweight, inexpensive, easily-built, high performance sailing dinghy. Many illustrations. Classy boat.^Author: ~J.D. Brown & Bob Pickett^Pages: ~122^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1999Size: ~7 x 9^ISBN: ~0-917436-04- ...
Stripper's Guide to Woodworking	Stripper's Guide to Woodworking Check Latest Price A complete guide to the woodstrip and epoxy technique for building small canoes and dinghies as well as hobby projects such as tables and trunks. Helpful photos and clear diagrams.^Author: ~Michael W. Cline^Pages: ~259^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2000Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-917436-05- ...
Wood and Canvas Canoe	Wood and Canvas Canoe Check Latest Price Part history, part manual for construction, restoration and maintenance of this classic and lovely type. Contains complete plans for building an 18 ft. 6 in. canoe. Fine drawings, photos and writing make it the last word on the subject.^Author: ~Jerry Stelmok & Rollin Thurlow^Pages: ~181^Binding: ~P ...
Building the Six-Hour Canoe	Building the Six-Hour Canoe Check Latest Price Complete step-by-step instructions and plans for building this clever and capable design built from one sheet of 4 x 16 ft. plywood, some dimensional lumber and common tools.^Author: ~Richard Butz, design by Mike O'Brien^Pages: ~64^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1994Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-9610396-7- ...
Steel Boatbuilding	Steel Boatbuilding Check Latest Price Widely considered the last word in practical, small scale, steel boat construction. 290 clear illustrations, to-the-point text covers every operation from lofting to launch.^Author: ~Tom Colvin^Pages: ~480^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1996Size: ~7 x 10^ISBN: ~1-888671-02- ...
Building the Sweet Dream: An Ultralight Solo Canoe	Building the Sweet Dream: An Ultralight Solo Canoe Check Latest Price Complete plans and illustrated building instructions for this lightweight, simply-constructed and very handsome solo canoe. Constructed of plywood and intended for either single or double paddle, it is an ideal first boatbuilding project.^Author: ~Marc F. Pettingill^Pages: ~176^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date ...
Marine Reinforced Plastics Construction	Marine Reinforced Plastics Construction Check Latest Price Comprehensive introduction to the subject, solutions to common problems and questions, challenges of recent discoveries and new processes. Author is an acknowledged guru in this field. Many illustrations, valuable appendices.^Author: ~John Wills^Pages: ~256^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1998Size: ~8 1/2 ...
Building the Nutshell Pram	Building the Nutshell Pram Check Latest Price Exceptionally clear building instructions and photos to aid in constructing this fine sailing/rowing dinghy.^Author: ~Maynard Bray^Pages: ~32^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1989Size: ~8 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-11- ...
Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual	Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual Check Latest Price Detailed study of the methods of building open boats of all types in glued lapstrake construction. Highly detailed sections on design, tools, glues and finishes, construction techniques, finishing and rigging. Hundreds of helpful photos, illustrations. Ex^Author: ~Iain Oughtred^Pages: ~174^Binding: ...
How to Build a Wooden Boat	How to Build a Wooden Boat Check Latest Price Author built wooden boats for over 50 years and shares his knowledge about traditional, practical, plank-on-frame boat construction. Literate, warm, encouraging, insightful. Wonderfully illustrated by Sam Manning.^Author: ~David Bud McIntosh^Pages: ~255^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~1987Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ ...
How to Build the Catspaw Dinghy	How to Build the Catspaw Dinghy Check Latest Price Plans and clear, very detailed instructions for building this handsome, 12 ft. rowing/sailing boat. Many photos. Design is a modified Herreshoff by Joel White.^Author: ~the Editors of WoodenBoat Magazine^Pages: ~32^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1988Size: ~8 1/4 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-03- ...
How to Build the Gloucester Light Dory	How to Build the Gloucester Light Dory Check Latest Price Designer Phil Bolger designed a little masterpiece and Dynamite Payson shows in clear photos and encouraging text how to build it.^Author: ~Harold Dynamite Payson^Pages: ~29^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1988Size: ~8 1/4 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-04- ...
Kid's Book on Boatbuilding	Kid's Book on Boatbuilding Check Latest Price See Boatbuilding for description.^Author: ~Will Ansel^Pages: ~32^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2001Size: ~11 x 8 1/2^ISBN: ~0-937822-66- ...
How to Build the Haven 12 1/2 Footer	How to Build the Haven 12 1/2 Footer Check Latest Price Designer-builder Joel White has redesigned the Herreshoff 12 1/2 and come up with a keel-centerboard version destined to be a classic. Complete plans available from WoodenBoat.^Author: ~Maynard Bray^Pages: ~63^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1987Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-13- ...
How to Build the Shellback Dinghy	How to Build the Shellback Dinghy Check Latest Price Very complete instructions and photo sequences to guide the builder through construction of this 11 ft., glued lapstrake, Joel White designed sailing dinghy.^Author: ~Eric Dow^Pages: ~64^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1993Size: ~8 1/4 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-27- ...
10 Wooden Boats You Can Build	10 Wooden Boats You Can Build Check Latest Price Examines a variety of designs and construction techniques. Included are a Herreshoff daysailer, stitch & glue kayak, Norwegian pram, strip-built, double paddle canoe, lapstrake, plywood runabout, more.^Author: ~series editor Peter H. Spectre^Pages: ~210^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1995Size: ~8 1/2 x 11 ...
Featherweight Boatbuilding	Featherweight Boatbuilding Check Latest Price Contains everything needed to build Wee Lassie, a lightweight, strip-built, solo, double-paddle canoe. Included are plans, complete instructions, step-by-step photos, clear text, loads of inspiration.^Author: ~Henry Mac McCarthy^Pages: ~128^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1996Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-9378 ...
Building Heidi: Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy	Building Heidi: Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy Check Latest Price Written by the designer of the boat-an expert boatbuilder and teacher. Covers every step of building a very traditional flat-bottom skiff for sail and oar using solid planking, copper clench nails, bronze fittings, traditional finishing materials. Heavy o^Author: ~Richard Kolin^Pages: ~96^Binding: ~ ...
Planking & Fastening	Planking & Fastening Check Latest Price All the information necessary for preparing to plank, hanging and fastening and finishing off. Every type of wooden planking system, technique and method is covered along with all fastening options. Advice and illustrations all based on specific projects^Author: ~Series editor, Peter H. Spectre^Page ...
How to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats	How to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats Check Latest Price Excellent textbook for this popular and contemporary building technique. Covers every operation and details the author's jig design as well as his unique, efficient clamping system.^Author: ~John Brooks & Ruth Ann Hill^Pages: ~240^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2003Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-58- ...
Boatbuilding	Boatbuilding Check Latest Price First published in 1941. A practical handbook detailing every aspect of traditional wooden boatbuilding. Heavily illustrated. One of the standard, indispensable works on the subject. Foreword by Jon Wilson.^Author: ~Howard I. Chapelle^Pages: ~625^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~1994Size: ~6 1/2 x 9 1/2^ISBN ...
From a Bare Hull	From a Bare Hull Check Latest Price 25th anniversary edition of this boatbuilding classic. This is the book to read if you are planning to buy a hull and fit it out. Mate's approach is a joy in itself. Intensely practical. Photos, illustrations.^Author: ~Ferenc Mate^Pages: ~443^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2000Size: ~8 1/4 x 9 1/2^ISBN: ~0 ...
Finely Fitted Yacht	Finely Fitted Yacht Check Latest Price Details over 200 small, do-it-yourself projects both interior and exterior to make every sailboat more safe, functional, practical. Lavishly illustrated. Engaging, humorous text.^Author: ~Ferenc Mate^Pages: ~605^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1994Size: ~6 x 9^ISBN: ~978092025628 ...
Building the Greenland Kayak	Building the Greenland Kayak Check Latest Price A wonderfully complete and clear manual for the construction of lashed-frame, fabric covered Inuit-style sea kayaks. Includes modifcations for different sizes and purposes. Provides an excellent introduction to woodworking and boatbuilding.^Author: ~Chris Cunningham^Pages: ~192^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date ...
Building the Maine Guide Canoe	Building the Maine Guide Canoe Check Latest Price The definitive guide to building this classic watercraft. Written by the acknowledged master of these graceful boats. Many photos, clear, detailed explanations of every process.^Author: ~Jerry Stelmok^Pages: ~272^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2002Size: ~7 x 10^ISBN: ~1-58574-6590- ...
Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga	Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga Check Latest Price An all-color celebration of the hand-crafted canoes from this master builder. The author's life story and superb craftsmanship are here passed on for canoe lovers and builders everywhere to enjoy. 200 color photos.^Author: ~Jerry Stelmok & Deborah Sussex^Pages: ~156^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2002Size: ...
How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout	How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout Check Latest Price The first complete guide to restoring the wooden runabout. 300 photos and exceptionally clear instructions steer the restorer through surveying, disassembly, repairing and reconstructing, finishing. Chapters on mechanicals, too. Terrific.^Author: ~Don Danenberg^Pages: ~240^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~20 ...
Building a Greenland Kayak	Building a Greenland Kayak Check Latest Price First-rate guide to building a Greenland-style kayak featuring some of the best how-to photos sequences and instructions ever in a boatbuilding manual. Five designs are covered along with paddle plans and an outfitting guide.^Author: ~Mark Starr^Pages: ~120^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2002Size: ~11 x 8 ...
Building the Weekend Skiff	Building the Weekend Skiff Check Latest Price Four sheets of plywood plus a weekend's work combine to make a clever, shapely, useful skiff for sailing, rowing or powering. By the author of Building the Six-Hour Canoe.^Author: ~Richard Butz, illustrated by John Montague^Pages: ~80^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~1997Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~1-999671- ...
Gaff Rig Handbook	Gaff Rig Handbook Check Latest Price The single best practical reference ever in print for design, construction, tuning and sailing of this versatile rig. Heavily illustrated with comprehensive, authoritative text.^Author: ~John Leather^ISBN: ~0-937822-67-1^Binding: ~PB^Pages: ~240^Pub Date: ~2001^Size: ~8 1/2 x 11 ...
Boatbuilding Down East	Boatbuilding Down East Check Latest Price A builder's guide for traditional lobsterboats featuring many of the author's designs. Includes lines for several boats as well as numerous illustrations and helpful text.^Author: ~Royal Lowell^Pages: ~190^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2003Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-73- ...
How to Build the Ocean Pointer	How to Build the Ocean Pointer Check Latest Price Provides step-by-step instructions for strip-building this handsome and useful round-bilged outboard skiff. Includes photos of every building step.^Author: ~David Stimson^Pages: ~96^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2002Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-72- ...
Boat Interior Construction	Boat Interior Construction Check Latest Price A best-selling guide for amateur boatbuilders modifying an existing boat or building new. Covers with extensive detail and over 450 color photos every practical detail of constructing a solid, functional interior in any size or type boat.^Author: ~Michael Naujok^Pages: ~176^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2 ...
Building Classic Small Craft	Building Classic Small Craft Check Latest Price Contains complete plans and building instructions for 47 small wooden boats. Combines Building Classic Small Craft and More Building Classic Small Craft. Includes a section of letters and eulogies celebrating Gardner's life and work.^Author: ~John Gardner^Pages: ~560^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2003Siz ...
Gaff Rig Handbook	Gaff Rig Handbook Check Latest Price The single best practical reference ever in print for design, construction, tuning and sailing of this versatile rig. Heavily illustrated with comprehensive, authoritative text.^Author: ~John Leather^Pages: ~240^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2001Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~0-937822-67- ...
Kayaks You Can Build	Kayaks You Can Build Check Latest Price The masters team up to teach techniques for constructing elegant wooden kayaks using plywood panels and the the stitch-and-glue method. Top-notch illustrations, photos, instructions and lots of time-saving tricks. Excellent.^Author: ~Ted Moores & Greg Rossel^Pages: ~256^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2004S ...
Wooden Ship	Wooden Ship Check Latest Price The building of a wooden whaling ship in 1870 becomes a New England vision of purpose, skill and strength. Details every skill needed to complete the vessel from lofting to launching. Clever, lyrical drawings and a well crafted narrative.^Author: ~Jan Adkins^Pages: ~48^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2004Si ...
Making of Tom Cat	Making of Tom Cat Check Latest Price See Boatbuilding for description.^Author: ~William Garden^Pages: ~^Binding: ~^Pub Date: ~Size: ~^ISBN: ~0-937822-78- ...
How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout, Vol. 2	How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout, Vol. 2 Check Latest Price Covers a wide range of subjects to enable the restorer to complete the project begun in Vol. 1. Includes running gear, upholstery, wiring, instruments, maintenance. Additional material on lapstrake hulls, hardware, selecting materials. Excellent.^Author: ~Don Danenberg^Pages: ~320^Binding: ~PB^Pub D ...
Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding	Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding Check Latest Price A leading practitioner of this method of boatbuilding teaches how to do it right. Enlivened with shop tales of mishaps and designs gone bad to instruct and entertain. Includes full plans and instructions for nine boats: kayaks, sailing skiff and a wherry.^Author: ~Chris Kulczycki^Pages: ~256^Binding ...
New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding	New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding Check Latest Price A complete, soup-to-nuts presentation of the cold-molded building process with chapters detailing every facet of this robust construction method. From choosing a design and setting up, through engine installation, wiring and sea trials.^Author: ~Reuel Parker^Pages: ~320^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2005S ...
Building the Norwegian Sailing Pram	Building the Norwegian Sailing Pram Check Latest Price A complete building manual for this handsome combination sailboat/rowboat. An ideal first boat for the aspiring builder, incorporating grace and utility in one versatile design. Includes full-scale plans of all critical parts.^Author: ~Simon Watts^Pages: ~^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2006Size: ~9 x 12^I ...
Building the Sea Urchin	Building the Sea Urchin Check Latest Price Plans and complete building instruction for a 10 1/2 ft. rowing skiff that is stable, handsome and can safely carry three adults. Includes a 24-page instruction manual and full-size plans for all critical parts. Requires intermediate woodworking skills.^Author: ~Simon Watts^Pages: ~^Binding: ~PB^Pub ...
Fix It and Sail	Fix It and Sail Check Latest Price How to find a small cruising sailboat and restore it on a budget. Excellent, concise instructions supported by excellent photos and drawings guide the restorer through every phase of the process from keel to rigging, paint to portholes.^Author: ~Brian Gilbert^Pages: ~192^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2006 ...
Marisol Skiff	Marisol Skiff Check Latest Price Exceptional instructions for building this rugged v-bottom dagger-board daysailer built using the glued-lap ply method over sawn frames. Contains the full set of plans (drawn in metric) in reduced scale and the designer's lavish building commentary.^Author: ~Gifford Jackson^Pages: ~96^Binding: ~HC^P ...
The Chinese Sailing Rig - Design and Build Your Own Junk Rig, 3rd Edition	The Chinese Sailing Rig - Design and Build Your Own Junk Rig, 3rd Edition Check Latest Price 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 millenia in the Orient. Using Western materials and technique ...
Boatbuilding for Beginners	Boatbuilding for Beginners Check Latest Price Contains full building plans for six boats: a 14 ft. sailboat, a two-person canoe, two rowboats and two motorboats along with instructions for making oars, sails and more. For the complete novice who really wants to build their own wooden boat.^Author: ~Jim Michalak^Pages: ~175^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date ...
Creative Ropecraft, 4th ed.	Creative Ropecraft, 4th ed. Check Latest Price Widely considered the standard work on both practical and decorative knotwork. Packed with the author's exquisite, detailed line illustrations for projects ranging from belts, mats, hammocks, trays and lamps.^Author: ~Stuart Grainger^Pages: ~124^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2007Size: ~5 1/2 x 8 1/2^ISBN: ...
Canoe, The	Canoe, The Check Latest Price See History and Pictorial for description.^Author: ~John Jennings^Pages: ~272^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2002Size: ~11 x 11^ISBN: ~1-554070-80- ...
Boatbuilders of Muskoka	Boatbuilders of Muskoka Check Latest Price See Boatbuilding for description.^Author: ~A. H. Duke & William Gray^Pages: ~^Binding: ~^Pub Date: ~Size: ~^ISBN: ~1-55046-074- ...
Boatbuilding with Aluminum, 2nd ed.	Boatbuilding with Aluminum, 2nd ed. Check Latest Price A complete guide for amateur and small shop boatbuilding in aluminum. Discusses various alloys, welding, fitting out, painting and the latest in CAD, cutting and new techniques for assembling pre-cut boats. Well illustrated.^Author: ~Stephen Pollard^Pages: ~320^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2006Size: ~7 1 ...
Restore Your Wooden Boat: How To Do It by Those Who've Done it	Restore Your Wooden Boat: How To Do It by Those Who've Done it Check Latest Price A must-read for anyone considering restoring a wooden boat. Brings together instructive stories of those who've done it. Covers a wide array of boat types from daysailors to a large cabin cruiser. Here is sound advice galore.^Author: ~edited by Stan Grayson^Pages: ~128^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2006Si ...
Complete Guide to Metal Boats, 3rd ed.	Complete Guide to Metal Boats, 3rd ed. Check Latest Price See description in Boatbuilding.^Author: ~Bruce Roberts-Goodson^Pages: ~320^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date: ~2005Size: ~7 1/2 x 9 1/4^ISBN: ~0-07-146130- ...
Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction	Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction Check Latest Price 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.^Author: ~Gougeon Brothers^Pages: ~404^Binding: ~HC^Pub Date ...
Boatbuilder's Apprentice	Boatbuilder's Apprentice Check Latest Price Proven techniques for building lapstrake, carvel, stitch and glue, strip-planked and other methods for building wooden boats. Excellent illustrations demonstrate shop practices for each method. Author is an internationally respected builder and author on^Author: ~Greg Rossel^Pages: ~342^Binding: ~HC ...
Boat Building Techniques Illustrated	Boat Building Techniques Illustrated Check Latest Price A classic text covering the wide range of techniques for constructing a boat, from reading plans to pouring a ballast keel. Answers hundreds of questions in a refreshingly clear, direct manner for apprentices and home boatbuilders.^Author: ~Richard Birmingham^Pages: ~320^Binding: ~PB^Pub Date: ~2005 ...
Lapstrake Canoes	Lapstrake Canoes Check Latest Price Complete, reassuring instructions for building three canoes using the lapstrake method ensuring light, strong, watertight boats. Plans for a 12, 14 and 16 ft. boat along with over 300 color photos make this an exceptional value. Excellent in every way. Lapstrake boats are built by partially overlapp ...
Pete Culler on Wooden Boats	Pete Culler on Wooden Boats Check Latest Price Collected teachings on boat design, building, repair and use by one of the last and best of the old time boat builders. Brings together the complete texts of Skiffs and Schooners and Boats Oars and Rowing plus articles from the Mariner's Catalogs. The insights and wisdom of the late, great boat des ...
Drift Boats and River Dories	Drift Boats and River Dories Check Latest Price See Boatbuilding for description.^Author:~Roger L. Fletcher^Pages: ~290^Binding: ~Hardcover^Pub Date: ~10/16/00^Size: ~8 1/2 x 11^ISBN: ~978081170234 ...