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Price: $100.00 as of 11/21/2009 20:11 EST
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8223
EAN: 9780070485785
Edition: Rpt
ISBN: 007048578X
Label: McGraw-Hill Companies
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: August 01, 1992
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Studio: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Product Description:
This cold-molded boatbuilding technique produces a frameless hull with a thick, puncture-resistant skin made of inexpensive plywood encapsulated in epoxy resin. Thirty-three chapters cover in detail everything from choosing design to rigging, canvas work, and launching. Appendies show how to adapt existing designs for cold-molded building and where to find materials and supplies.
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As an avid reader of boatbuilding books, I would say that this one of the better ones that I have read. It's chocked full of useful details and good photos and illustrations. Almost a five, but I've read better. Easy to follow building steps covering all aspects of building boats this particular way. I say that because there's more than one way to skin a cat. If you are interested in building a quality boat, this book is one that you should keep in your arsenal. For an inexperienced want-to-be boat ... Read More
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A very comprehensive book. Will be of interest to any boat builder, not only cold molders.
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Excellent technical information.
Well illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Analytical in organization, construction topics with invaluable index.
Directed at a slightly larger construction than average.
Terminology only slightly salty, but a good sailing vocabulary (or dictionary) will help.
The idea of cold-molding a boat (using thinner woods laminated with epoxy or polyester and a glass or synthetic cloth) has intrigued me for more than 30 years now. A lot ... Read More
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I'm a 66 y.o. retiree, working solo, in my second year of building a 34' schooner. I've never built a boat. There is only good news: it's a step-by-step process, the steps are small but many, the harder ones will yield to thinking. DO IT! - you won't regret it. Mr. Parker's book is invaluable, and densely packed with good advice on every page. Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding also highly recommended (for attitude adjustment), and the west system/Gougeon brothers' one also. A sailboat may be the most ... Read More
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Well writen, but when trying to relate all the topics of building a boat they turn out to be treated very quickly. Even so a very good boock for a general picture.
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