How To Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats

Author : John Brooks,Ruth Ann Hill
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822582

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How to Build Glued-lapstrake Wooden Boats by John Brooks,Ruth Ann Hill Pdf

As a child, John Brooks loved to build models and sail with his grandfather. When most teenagers were at the prom, John was changing jibs in the Indian Ocean, halfway through a 35,000-mile, two-year cruise. He began building boats in commercial yards at 19, while studying boat design and building his own boats. John worked for many years honing his craftsmanship on fine yachts, small boats, custom furniture, and a harpsichord. He has been a instructor at the WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1990s, teaching glued-lapstrake boatbuilding, fine interior joinery, and carving. Ruth Ann Hill grew up on the coast of Maine. A writer, boatbuilding assistant, naturalist, and graphic artist, Ruth is the author of Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional Guide and a contributing editor for Maine Boats & Harbors magazine. John and Ruth started their business, Brooks Boats, in 1991. They design and build glued-lapstrake boats in West Brooklin, Maine-and get out to enjoy their handiwork in its proper element whenever they can.

Author : Iain Oughtred
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780937822616

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Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual by Iain Oughtred Pdf

After a successful career in centreboard racing dinghies, Ian Oughtred became one of the leading lights of the British wooden boat revival, designing, building and sailing many remarkable craft. These boats have gained a world-wide reputation for their elegance of line, sound construction and execellent sailing performance. His perfectionist approach may be unbusinesslike, but provides highly refined designs and detailed plans. In this he hopes to encourage a return to a deep appreciation of traditional values of craftsmanship, believing this is the vital part of the true education, and thus helps to nourish the human spirit in an impoverished age.

Author : David C. McIntosh
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822108

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How to Build a Wooden Boat by David C. McIntosh Pdf

David C. "Bud" McIntosh was a designer, builder, and sailor of large and small wooden cruising boats for more than 50 years, and wrote about it for over 10 of those years. He made his home on New Hampshire's Piscataqua River, where he was teacher and friend to both amateur and professional boatbuilders.

Author : Greg Rossel
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780071818612

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The Boatbuilder's Apprentice by Greg Rossel Pdf

Learn the Ins and Outs of Building Lapstrake, Carvel, Stitch-and-Glue, Strip-Planked, and Other Wooden Boats Whether you are contemplating your first-ever boatbuilding project or trying to decide what design you'd like to build next, Greg Rössel can help. Here's just a glimpse of what's inside this complete overview of wooden boatbuilding: How rowing, sailing, paddling, and powerboat designs perform, and how they compare in cost, time, and necessary skills for building How wooden boats are built, including the pros and cons of carvel, lapstrake, dory lap, stitch and glue, strip plank, and other methods How to choose the best boat and building method for your next project How to loft a hull, steam bend frames, scarf a joint, cut a rabbet, laminate stems, and spile planks How to take the lines off an old classic whose plans have been lost How to make oars, spars, coamings, knees, gaff jaws, cleats, and more Greg Rössel writes with warmth, wit, and an engaging style. The Boatbuilder's Apprentice is a must guide for anyone planning or even dreaming about building a wooden boat. “Greg Rössel is a Renaissance man. While there are many talented boatbuilders in the world, only a handful are also good teachers. Even fewer can write or illustrate effectively. Yet this author is highly skilled in each of these areas. . . . The Boatbuilder's Apprentice is a successful blend of technique and wisdom, and is, I believe, destined to become a classic.”-Karen Wales, WoodenBoat Review

Author : Greg Rössel
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822507

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Building Small Boats by Greg Rössel Pdf

Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".

Author : Peter H. Spectre
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0937822418

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Planking and Fastening by Peter H. Spectre Pdf

Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.

Author : Thomas J. Hill
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0071567038

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Ultralight Boatbuilding by Thomas J. Hill Pdf

Ultralight canoes and small boats are things of beauty, their apparent delicacy concealing great strength. They are lapstrake-constructed from marine plywood planks, each plank overlapping the one below it in a gracefully curved hull. Epoxy glue along the laps gives the hull structural reinforcement, minimizing the need for framing and permitting an amazingly light structure. Round-bilged and elegant, they are built over jigs, but the method is straightforward and not time consuming. You can build a boat that will give you fun and satisfaction, one you can be proud of, in a winter of leisurely weekends. No fancy tools are needed, and care and patience will make up whatever you lack in woodworking skills. All the information you need is here. Tom Hill, the chief proponent of ultralight boatbuilding and its leading practitioner, describes the method from start to finish using a skiff and canoe as examples. In the appendix is a gallery of ultralight designs, all but one of which you can build without lofting. If you want more flexibility, however, you can adapt almost any lapstrake small-boat design, traditional or modern, to the ultralight method. With some lofting (directions for which are given) you may then build a wide range of boats whose offsets are available. And you may adjust planking thickness and scantlings to give your boat extremely light weight with normal strength, or moderate weight with great strength. Particularly if you lack an extensively equipped workshop and professional skills, Ultralight Boatbuilding will unlock exciting possibilities you considered out of reach.

Author : Eric Dow
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822272

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How to Build the Shellback Dinghy by Eric Dow Pdf

Easy to build from the separately supplied plans or a kit of pre-cut pieces, the Shellback is a dinghy of traditional design and modern glued-plywood construction.

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 007142797X

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Building Classic Small Craft by John Gardner Pdf

"John Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted."--WoodenBoat magazine "Deserves an honored place on the library shelf."--National Fisherman "Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boat shop."--Sea History This big, handsome legacy volume contains all the plans, measurements, and directions needed to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor.

Author : Robert M. Steward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Boatbuilding
ISBN : 0589502549

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Boatbuilding Manual by Robert M. Steward Pdf

Author : Richard Kolin
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 093782240X

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Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy by Richard Kolin Pdf

Richard Kolin has been building boats for 25 years. He has designed and built skiffs for both plywood and plank construction.

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781493068326

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The Dory Book by John Gardner Pdf

The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.

Author : Philip C. Bolger
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0070063761

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Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts by Philip C. Bolger Pdf

Based on the author's articles from various magazines, these unconventional sail and power boat designs include dinghies, pirogues, row boats, schooners, catamarans, dugouts, houseboats, and more.

Author : Douglas Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1953225004

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Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding by Douglas Brooks Pdf

This is the story of the author's apprenticeships with Japanese masters to build five unique and endangered traditional boats. It is part ethnography, part instruction, and part the personal story of a wooden boatbuilder fueled by a passion to preserve a craft tradition on the brink of extinction. Over the course of 17 trips to Japan, Douglas Brooks traveled over 30,000 miles to seek out and interview Japan's elderly master boatbuilders; he built boats with five of them, all in their seventies and eighties, between 1996 and 2010. For most of them, Brooks was their sole and last apprentice. Part I introduces significant aspects of traditional Japanese boatbuilding: design, workshop and tools, wood and materials, joinery and fastenings, propulsion, ceremonies, and the apprenticeship system. Part II details each of his five apprenticeships, concluding with a poignant chapter on Japan's sole remaining traditional shipwright. This fascinating book fills a large and long-standing gap in the literature on Japanese crafts, and will be of interest to boatbuilders, woodworkers, and all those impressed with the marvels of Japanese design and workmanship.

Author : Reuel B. Parker
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822892

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The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding by Reuel B. Parker Pdf

This features a boatbuilding process which combines strength, beauty, and the workability of wood, with the low-maintenance characteristics of epoxy. Ideally suited to the amateur builder wanting a good, solid cruising boat, this is a complete "soup-to-nuts" presentation of the cold-molding process, with chapters detailing every facet of construction--from choosing a design and setting-up, through engine installation and wiring, to launching and sea trials. Parker has streamlined the cold-molding process to produce economical sturdy boats.