Ultralight Boatbuilding
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877422443 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said Great. I bought this book to help me build my first stitch and glue boat. My first boat build ever. Well written and very informative. The boat turned out great. This book was a big help.. Andrew Barclay said not bad, but a bit closed minded. This was the first book I purchased on the topic of building clinker ply boats, and I wasn't terribly impressed. If I was building one of the two boats he describes, it would probably be more useful, but it doesn't cover anything about round bilged dinghies. It goes over a flat bottomed skiff and a round bilged but very lightly built canoe.The author only covers one way of doing everything, and his methods usually struck me as tedious. For example, to spile a plank he clamps an entire "not bad, but a bit closed minded" according to Andrew Barclay. This was the first book I purchased on the topic of building clinker ply boats, and I wasn't terribly impressed. If I was building one of the two boats he describes, it would probably be more useful, but it doesn't cover anything about round bilged dinghies. It goes over a flat bottomed skiff and a round bilged but very lightly built canoe.The author only covers one way of doing everything, and his methods usually struck me as tedious. For example, to spile a plank he clamps an entire 2'x16' she. 'x16' she. Great boatbuilding method I've owned this book for several years and find it to be a very usable guide to building light and durable boats fairly quickly. Having just spent six years of occasional weekend work building a larger plywood boat, I think that Hill's approach is one of the best. He tells you all you need to know about this construction method and you don't need special skills or tools to make one. It is not at all, as one reviewer said, just an ad for Hill's plans. He does offer some that you can purchase at t
Demonstrates each step in the construction of canoes and small boats, offers advice on tools, materials, and techniques, and explains how to expand naval architect drawings into full-scale plans.