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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623
EAN: 9781888671025
ISBN: 1888671025
Label: Tiller Publishing
Manufacturer: Tiller Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: May 21, 1996
Publisher: Tiller Publishing
Studio: Tiller Publishing
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Steel Boatbuilding combines both volumes of Colvin's masterwork on building boats from steel in one complete volume. This book offers the insights, experience and mature thinking of a man who has been a merchant seaman, naval architect, yacht and shipbuilder, sailmaker, and consultant to shipbuilders and governments on matters of vessel design and construction. There is, quite simply, no one more qualified than Tom Colvin to have written this book.
Steel Boatbuilding gives an overall view of the subject from raw materials to the finished vessel. The wealth of detail pertinent to every step in the building, fitting out, and launching of a 25- to 79-foot yacht or commercial vessel will ease the first-time builder or the professional over problems that might otherwise have seemed insurmountable. Part 1 covers the building of hull and decks, while Part 2 takes you through the remainder of the process, including joinery, machinery installation, rigging, and launching.
The author first discusses in detail such topics as purchasing and studying plans, communicating with materials suppliers, choosing and obtaining necessary tools, estimating costs and lofting. He then describes building of one of his designs, a 50-foot pinky schooner intended as a yacht or cargo carrier, using this vessel to provide a context for information that can be applied to the building of any steel boat. The procedures outlined assume that you will be working unassisted on a rented or backyard site.
Part 2 completes the building, fitting out, and launching of the pinky, with in-depth discussions of plumbing, refrigeration, heating and other systems of steel craft in general. The chapter on spars and rigging reflects Colvin's long experience with commercial sailing vessels. The coverage of paint systems and finishing will be invaluable for steel boat owners. The final two chapters are full of advice worth listening to for anyone considering a venture into commercial sail or boatbuilding as a business.
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Opinionated. Brash. Detailed, and interesting. All in a two volume set. This guy knows about aboats and the techniques needed to create them. He is the "GOD" of boat building, and he is also the leader in this field. After reading this book, I wanted to go and construct myself a small ocean liner. He is that good. OK, this book is great, whether or not you are building a barge, or an ocean sailing hull. He really does know his stuff. He comes from the "old school" and you can see it in ... Read More
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Tom Colvin has succeeded in explaining a highly technical subject in a way anyone can understand. This book is not an evenings read but a reference source that will be used countless times.
Everyone in the business of marine repair will find it priceless at some point or another.
Anyone considering building or purchasing a steel boat will appreciate the clear reasoning of what they are looking at and how it should be vs how it is without being beffuddled with sales hype.
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Steel boatbuilding isn't magic preformed with a wand. It is a very doable process achieved with cutting torch, grinder, and welder and Tom Colvin explains in exacting detail how to employ these tools and more in that process. If the devil is in the details, this is truely one hell of a book because it is filled with details. (Everything from how to select designers and plans to the types of paint to use and when and how to apply them. This book, which uses the construction of a 52 foot sailboat ... Read More
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