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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623
EAN: 9780071427975
Edition: 2
ISBN: 007142797X
Label: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: August 12, 2003
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Studio: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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"John Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted."--WoodenBoat magazine
"Deserves an honored place on the library shelf."--National Fisherman
"Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boat shop."--Sea History
This big, handsome legacy volume contains all the plans, measurements, and directions needed to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor.
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This book is a delight to read and understand. It covers many small craft and brings to life boats of old.
My next project will definitely be from this book.
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- Author storytelling abilities are great so this book is a pleasure to read.
- there is a lot of valuable boatbuilding material inside, thou as it is contained within boat's construction notes, it's hard to extract. This book will not be a reference manual.
- Boat's construction methods are not so classic. There is a lot of plywood and epoxy.
- Selection of designs was rather unsatisfying for me. There are wonderful rowboat designs (peapods, whitehalls) but it lacks in sailboat ... Read More
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Good book, you can see the author did understand a lot about, but the plans are old a little, and I don't understand very well the off sets system for mark and cut the planks. The boats looks like very weight to me too. I'd prefer the Chris Culczik system.
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This is a great book for who wants know about boat construction. It's easy to understand. I really recomend!
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John Gardner died in 1995, and left a legacy of preserving the designs of 19th century American small workboats and recreational craft. The designs are not for the beginner, and those looking for a how-to primer would be greatly served by reading "How to Build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats" by Hill and Brooks. But Gardner gives great inspiration on the type of boat that your would like to invest your scarce project hours into. Gardner took the care to measure the vestiges of classic small craft that ... Read More
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