How to Build Wooden Boats

Author: Edwin Monk
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156230
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description
Clear concise manual for amateurs offers detailed illustrated instructions for building 16 basic wooden craft — rowboats, sailboats, outboards, runabouts, hydroplane, more. 15 halftones. 49 line illustrations.

Fifty Wooden Boats

Author:
Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications
ISBN: 9780937822074
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
This is the first of three major catalogues compiled by the editors of WoodenBoat Magazine. The other books in this series are 'Thirty Wooden Boats' and 'Forty Wooden Boats'.

Details of Classic Boat Construction

Author: Larry Pardey
Publisher: L&L Pardey Publications
ISBN: 1929214588
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 1015

Book Description
Larry Pardey is accepted as one of the master craftsman of the wooden-boat building world. He and his wife, Lin, have built and repaired many boats including two strong, handsome cruising cutters and sailed twice around the world in them. This impressive book shows the process of constructing a boat hull with extensive photographs and drawings and includes ample time-saving procedures. From financial and time planning, lofting, floors and framing, selection of materials, planking and spiling, design considerations, to deck beams, man-hour norms and details critical to wooden boat construction, this volume serves as th emost comprehensive guid a potential builder could ever use. Reders will also appreciate the discussions of how to select from numerous construction methods and materials, how to set up the shop and tips for sharpening and making your own tools. The new appendix on proper adhesive selection is "must" reading.

The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction

Author: Meade Gougeon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781878207500
Category : Boatbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
An illustrated guide to wooden boat construction using WEST SYSTEM epoxy by pioneers in the field of wood/epoxy composite construction. Subjects include Fundamentals of Wood/Epoxy Composite Construction, Core Boatbuilding Techniques, First Production Steps, Hull Construction Methods, and Interior and Deck Construction.

87 Boat Designs

Author: Benjamin A. G. Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780913372975
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Former Mystic Seaport Curator Ben Fuller has selected and annotated 87 boat plans from the Museum's collection, plus plans for oars and rigging, with the amateur builder in mind. He offers a brief background on each boat, notes their strengths and weaknesses, and offers construction tips or suggestions for using the plans to help the reader select the right boat. The boats range from simple skiffs through handsome Whitehalls and sleek canoes, to a 20-foot catboat."

10 Wooden Boats You Can Build

Author: Peter Spectre
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822340
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The beauty of this book is that the construction bugs have already been worked out of the designs. Plans, step-by-step instructions, material lists photographs and detailed diagrams.

Schooner

Author: Tom Dunlop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615342672
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is the story of Ross Gannon and Nat Benjamin and the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway where the sailing vessel Rebecca was designed and built. Gannon and Benjamin is one of only a few full-time boatyards in the United States devoted exclusively to the design, construction, repair, and maintenance of traditional, plank-on-frame wooden boats--Publisher's description.

The Marisol Skiff

Author: Gifford Jackson
Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications
ISBN: 0937822884
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 87

Book Description
Glifford Jackson grew up with boats in his native New Zealand and developed an early interest in the design. In 1939 he set off by sea at the age of 17, to study naval architecture at Glasgow University in Scotland.

New Plywood Boats

Author: Thomas Firth Jones
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574090963
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Tom Jones is a professional boatbuilder, designer, and writer.

Building Chris-Craft

Author: Anthony Mollica
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1610601068
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
For more than half a century, Chris-Craft reigned supreme in the world of motorboating. This market dominance was due in no small part to the design and construction techniques employed in the company’s studios and on its factory floors. Building Chris-Craft examines the company’s design and production heritage, looking at Chris-Craft’s considerable accomplishments in the context of key competitors and industrial trends in general. High-quality archival images take readers inside the factories, design studios, and lofts of Chris-Craft factories in Algonac, Holland; Cadillac, Michigan; Salisbury, Maryland; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Caruthersville, Missouri.