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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.82023
EAN: 9780071477925
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0071477926
Label: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: October 19, 2007
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Studio: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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The first complete how-to guide for building the latest generation of quick and easy boats
In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, renowned designer Gavin Atkin shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats with a minimum of time, experience, and expense. Using clearly written and illustrated step-by-step instructions, Atkin explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more, as he helps you choose and build the simple boat of your dreams.
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I built two of his designs before he published the book, I discovered gavin from Messing About In Boats, and managed to download his plans from his mouseboats site at yahoogroups. Now I have a better grasp of what he was talking about on his website and how some details of construction work.
I like that the plans are in a usable size and some of the designs that I had a hard time downloading are printed out in the book.
This book would be great for the first time builder, the designs ... Read More
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This book is good guide for builders starting out. The boats range from projects for the first time builder to accomplished builders. It is well written with accompaning diagrams that explain the process of building stich and glue boats. Read it and build your first boat and enjoy the process.
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I got this Atkins book along with the Devlin one and Devlin's stitch & glue book is much better. Atkin's boats in his book are mainly shallow draft pond type boats. Devlins are better and seem to be suited for coastal sailing/ motoring. I really like the step by step process Devlin shows on stitch & glue which I am using to build a lighweight dinghy.
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Great boat for really simple very small boats. This is an excellent reference book for someone who has never build any kind of a boat. I had hoped for more larger stitch and glue boats, like in the 15 to 19 foot range such as the Diablo and Diablo Grande.
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Gavin Atkin has been designing boats and distributing those plans for free on the web for many years with his main enjoyment being the photos and letters he received from builders. I built his flying mouse and found it to be wonderfully stable boat in a short and light package, not a normal combination. His book is a must-have addition to his plans for the extra instruction and advice he gives. He also has all sorts of different boatplans in this book to choose from for your build. Finally, you ... Read More
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