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I love Iain's boat designs and was really looking forward to this book. I was really disappointed and I have never picked it up since I first read it. John Brooks' book on Glued Lapstrake Boatbuilding is #1 on my list. See my review on it. I just loved his book. #2 would be Tom Hill's Ultralight Boatbuilding.
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I like this book/manual. It offers a lot of informaton. Sometimes the information could be more specific, there could be more detail. It has a lot of pictures which are certainly good to add and to study. The information is very compact.
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By the time I finished reading the book I had a very clear picture of how to build a wooden boat. The only problem will be to chose a design from the tonnes of possibles! I would recommend Oughtred's book to anyone with the slightest boat building urge. With a good set of plans you will have no trouble putting a vessel to sea. There is good metric conversion through out the book.
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This book is excellent for what it is: tips & tricks on building lapstrake plywood boats. It's laid out in a topic-by-topic fashion, with nice bits of information on all stages of the building & finishing process. I'm just finishing up one of Oughtred's designs, a 14'6" Whilly Boat, and I've found it nearly indispensable.
That said, I don't think this is a good first book or only book on the subject- that book is Tom Hill's Ultralight Boatbuilding. I recommend that anyone building their first boat buy Hill's book, then Hill's video (...) and then this book. I have half a dozen other books on building boats, but those are all you need to do an excellent job with plywood & epoxy. After absorbing Hill's material, this will fill in little gaps and help you work quicker & more efficiently.
Enjoy!
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I agree with the reviewer who found the organization difficult. I have about 20 books on boatbuilding and I seldom consult this one except to compare to what others have to say on a particular subject.
I find Thomas Hills' method more interesting and I find his instructions to be clearer (but not without leaving some questions).
Note to those who have trouble with the bindings: On any book I expect to use while doing something else, e.g. building a boat, I immediately take it to Kinkos where they cut off the spine and put one of those plastic combs on the book. Make sure the person understands what they are doing. Once they cut the binding holes on the side opposite the original binding. No wonder it was confusing!
I find it ironic that some of the highest quality writing is packaged in the poorest quality books.
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