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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.844
EAN: 9780937822586
ISBN: 0937822582
Label: Wooden Boat Publications
Manufacturer: Wooden Boat Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: July 30, 2004
Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications
Studio: Wooden Boat Publications
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A quality builder, John Brooks teaches at the WoodenBoat School. The construction technique described here is durable,, and low maintenance.
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Some year ago, I retired from a business career and with no manual skills. Almost immediately I traveled to the WoodenBoat School in Maine to take several classes, where John Brooks was (and I hope still is) an instructor. I made my first "breasthook", which involves cutting very accurate angles into a single piece of wood, and John then gave it the "flashlight test". If any light showed between the piece and the sheer plank it was supposed to fit perfectly against ... fail! Yep, I failed. John ... Read More
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Some say" God is in the details" and others say "the devil is in the details". Boatbuilders often may find both statements to be true, but with this book in hand ,the chances are going to be much better that the former is the case in your boat building experience..
The authors' voluminous attention to detail will be extremely helpfull to many boat builders,with many diagrams, photos , hints, jigs and seasoned observations that will smooth the way to your next succesfull launch. All this and an ... Read More
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This is an excellent book. Well written, detailed explanations and photo's. It was recommended to me by a boat builder here in Australia and I can see why. This book has given me the confidence to build a lapstrake boat of my own.
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I am currently building a Keith Callaghan designed Hazardous 170 Merlin Rocket racing sailing dinghy in Italy and I have purchased various books including those by The Gougeon Brothers, Ian Oughtred, John Leathern, Greg Rossel and others all of which are very good. However, I have never built a boat before and I needed a text which provided information from the ground up.
This book is first class. The authors provide a step by step approach to every single minute aspect of the building process. ... Read More
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This is a really good book for the newcomer to boat building. The authors are very through in the technique for building wooden boats. They do an excellent job. They are professional builders so they have the best of tools. Unfortunately, the beginning wooden boat builder may not have all of these tools available. I believe that for the creative person, if they spent some time, they can find ways to build a boat with a lot fewer tools.
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