Boatbuilding for Beginners (and Beyond)
Author: Jim Michalak
Publisher:
Published: 2002-04
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781891369292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ultimate book for anyone who has dreamed of building a boat.
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How to Build a Wooden Boat
Author: David C. McIntosh
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Published: 1988-03
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780937822104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid 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.
Getting Started in Powerboating
Author: Robert J. Armstrong
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2005-05-05
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780071448994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThoroughly updated with new developments and technologies, this bestselling book now features stunning new photographs that illustrate key techniques and maneuvering sequences, including docking, inlet running, and more.
Building Small Boats
Author: Greg Rössel
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780937822500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGreg 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".
Lofting
Author: Allan H. Vaitses
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780937822555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAllan Vaitses is an able and versatile builder, having a marvelous ability to devise solutions for the dilemmas that arise in boatbuilding.
How to Build Glued-lapstrake Wooden Boats
Author: John Brooks
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780937822586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs 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.
Building Catherine
Author: Richard Kolin
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780937822623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRichard Kolin has been building boats for 25 years. He has designed and built skiffs for both plywood and plank construction.
In a Class All Their Own
Author: Tom Verde
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-05-01
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1493043536
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach boat has a story to tell and this book features nearly forty profiles of classic/uniqu e boats, drawn from articles written for the Westerly Sun newspaper during the summers of 2014 and 2015. Explore not only the histories of the individual vessels, but of their classes and designers, as well as their relationships to the environs in which they sailed, raced, cruised and, in some case, still operate as working vessels. These stories include the fabled history of the cat boat; the first fiberglass sailing yacht; a NY ferry boat repurposed as a houseboat; the oldest working fishing boat in Stonington, CT; racing rivalries in the Sound; the French love affair with American boat designs; and the Jazz Age era of luxury yachting, among others.
Iain Oughtred
Author: Nic Compton
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2009-05-27
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1408105152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA celebration of the work of popular wooden boat designer Iain Oughtred with colour photography showcasing the beauty of the boats as well as the Scottish landscape where he is based.
The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction
Author: Meade Gougeon
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781878207500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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.
