Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.43 (803 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0393033236 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 518 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
the complete boat builder book Greg Chalik Everything you ever wanted to know about boat building. "Pro and con about building methods" according to Slawomir Kot. The best in this book is table after each part PRO and CONThere is no one method described. There are every possibility describedVery good discusion about classic boat building.One star less for poor pictures. Great pictorial guide to boatbuilding! I. Prescott I enjoy reading what the Pardey's write and this is no exception - lots to glean from this book! Great book to fire up the potential / beginner boatbuilder's imagination and desire!
. Lin and Larry have been continuously wandering under sail since 1969 when they launched their first self-built 24' Lyle Hess designed cutter. Learn the Pardey way and you will truely be a self-sufficient sailor. Lin and Larry sail without auxiliary power and without electronic navigation, they cruise as simply as possible. Thirty years of cruising have taken them to more than 66 countries and lo
Larry Pardey is accepted as one of the worlds master craftsmen of wooden boatbuilding. This most comprehensive guide to classic boat construction contains a wealth of photographs and step-by-step guides to various aspects of boatbuilding, from lofting, floors and framing, through to selection of materials, design considerations, deckbeams, partners and all the myriad details that make up a wooden yacht. He and his wife, Lin, have built their own boats an then sailed them around the world. There are three appendices on boatbuilding woods, yacht-construction rules and choosing adhesives.END -- Paul Gelder, Editor, Yachting Monthly, 1997
It contains advice on time planning, the selection of materials, design considerations, yacht-construction rules, special tools and the finances involved.. With the aid of instructive diagrams and photographs, this guide describes how to build the hull of a wooden sailing boat