
Used book in Good Condition. The combination will drive-home the lessons. Building small boats is the ideal book for the construction of boats under 25 feet in length. It's perfect for folks looking to have some of the mysteries of the building process peeled away, or just boning-up on a good technique or two.
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Boatbuilding Manual, Fifth Edition

Carl cramer, the publisher of woodenBoat and Professional Boatbuilder magazines, has fully updated this fifth edition with the latest in boatbuilding techniques and developments. Get the latest boatbuilding tips from this updated classic Since its first publication in 1970, Boatbuilding Manual has become the standard reference in boatbuilding and boat design schools, in the offices of professional builders, and in the basement workshops of home builders.
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An added feature is the inclusion of building plans for nineteen boats designed for this book and suitable for amateur building. Boatbuilding gives detailed instructions, with many illustrations, on all phases of boatbuilding written out of actual boatbuilding practice and aids the builder in planning each job in its proper sequence in relation to those that follow.
After a chapter discussing the choice of plans suitable for amateur work there are chapters on lofting, canvas, the backbone and setting up, heavy construction, flat-bottom hull construction, joiner-work, ribband carvel, round-bottom hull construction, deck framing and building, lap-strake, diagonal, strip planking, special construction plywood, iron-work, V-bottom hull construction, and spar making.
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And, you may have noticed many of his designs in WoodenBoat magazine's Launchings column. Iain oughtred is the well-known designer of elegant glued-lapstrake plywood boats, including the Acorn Skiffs, Caledonia Yawl, Gray Seal, Whilly Boat, and more. It covers tools and materials needed, interior work, planking, lining off, setting up the building jig, and fitting out.
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When you finish reading this book, you?ll understand just what you need to do to build a terrific boat. From his unique building jig and clamping system to his masking techniques, you?re on your way to the land of craftsmanship. John knows your attention to detail in the building stage will pay-off in spades for years and years to come, and that line-up of planks, the way it all fits makes the difference.
Read the book, use the index to quickly find all those bits of information, and sharpen your tools because you?ve just sharpened your mind. You'll benefit from her ability to clearly and concisely convert the physical building processes into words. A boat that is lightweight, forever appealing to the eye, a boat that doesn?t leak and doesn?t require much in the way of upkeep.
How is this truly possible? The devil is in the details. And, because the book is clearly written and heavily illustrated with hundreds of drawings and hundreds of photographs, this lovely boat will look as though your stock in trade is indeed that of ?boatbuilder?
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