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Title: Building Classic Small Craft : Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats by John Gardner, John Gardner ISBN: 0-07-142797-X Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ultra-Classic written by a Classy Guy
Comment: John Gardner has rightfully been called the "Father of Small Craft" in The U.S.. The fellow knew more about small boats - how to design them, build them and enjoy them - than just about anybody in the late 20th Century. This book combines two of his classic works into one. Now don't expect to start building your first boat a day after this book comes in the mail. Although the plans and construction notes are very good, John assumed that you knew how to carve a rabbet and lay a plank. I don't. And yet this book lives in my bathroom where I can open it to just about any page and be inspired in a minute or less. His description of what makes the right kind of rowboat got me to build my first row boat. I've been hooked on rowing and building since. Thank You Mr. Gardner!
Rating: 1
Summary: NOT for the beginner
Comment: If you're interested in learning how to build wooden boats but have NO wooden boat building experience whatsoever this book is NOT the book for you. The Duck Trap Press how-to books might be a better place to start. This book appears to contain a wealth of information from a very experienced author. There's a ton of good historical information contained within. Unfortunately without knowing how to 'read' wooden boat plans and drawings and understand the terminology that the author uses this book did not meet my expecations at all.
Rating: 4
Summary: good book, poor binding
Comment: It's a good book, but it has a cheap "perfect" binding.
After reading it a few times, pages started coming loose.
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Title: Building Small Boats by Greg Rossel ISBN: 0937822507 Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications Pub. Date: 15 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Fifty Wooden Boats : A Catalog of Building Plans by Woodenboat Magazine, Wooden Boat Magazine ISBN: 0937822078 Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ultralight Boatbuilding by Thomas J. Hill ISBN: 0071567038 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1987 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Forty Wooden Boats: A Third Catalog of Building Plans by Editors of Woodenboat Magazine ISBN: 0937822329 Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction by Howard I. Chapelle ISBN: 0393035549 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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