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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780964603684
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0964603683
Label: Pardey Books
Manufacturer: Pardey Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 520
Publication Date: August 01, 1999
Publisher: Pardey Books
Studio: Pardey Books
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Larry Pardey is accepted as one of the master craftsmen of the wooden-boat building world. He and his wife, Lin, have built two strong, handsome boats and sailed twice around the world in them. This impressive book shows the process of constructing a boat hull with extensive photographs and drawings and includes ample time-saving procedures. From financial and time planning, lofting, floors and framing, selection of materials, planking and spiling, design consideration, to deck beams, man-hour norms, and details critical to wooden boat construction, this volume serves as the most comprehensive guide a potential builder could ever use.Readers will also appreciate the discussions of how to select from numerous construction methods and materials, how to set up the shop, and tips for sharpening and making your own tools. The new appendix on proper adhesive selection is must reading for those wishing to have a boat that stays together, no matter how long or where its used. Anyone who has dreamed of building a boat or would like to make his or her own repairs-but has felt restricted by the potential costs of gathering the materials and figuring out how to do the work-will be thrilled by this informative and comprehensive book, written by an internationally recognized shipwright who understands a beginners needs.
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If you are even just thinking about building a sailboat in the traditional frame and planking method than this is the book for you. Every step of constructing the hull and deck is detailed with excellent photos and very descriptive text.
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I enjoy reading what the Pardey's write and this is no exception - lots to glean from this book! Great book to fire up the potential / beginner boatbuilder's imagination and desire!
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With this book in addition to Chapelle's and Stewart's books, I am beginning to grasp round bottom traditional wood construction.
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Its a great book if your want to build wooden boats in the most traditional way or with an archaic manner. Most wooden boat builders today can cut time by using modern equipment and techniques which is not described in this book. Its a good reference book and it includes a topic on the author's experience using modern epoxies and it contains Herreshoff rules/guidelines which every classic boatbuilder enthusiast might find informative. It will also describe you the events that you will go through if you're building a cruising boat. This book is not for the beginner for the terminology used will confuse them. In my opinion, if you would want to build a classic wooden boat I suggest you go through a weekend workshop (for the curious) or an apprenticeship (for a career) then buy this book to supplement what you've learned. Like the author said, "There is no such thing as a comprehensive book on any type of boat building." Your best chance to build your own dream boat is to get out there, learn from others, and supplement what you've learned with this book!
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I have read at least 5 (maybe more) books on home boat building. Where this book does a superior job is in its prolific use of photographs to demonstrate the steps discussed in the text. Pardey's is a good book but a bit on the "HARD CORE" side. For instance how many "one-off" builders are going to go to the trouble of forging our own magnesium alloy floor brackets? If you are serious about building your own boat I'd still recommend reading this book but it should not be the first you read. In my opinion, Pardey's book is not intended for the rank armature. In fact you have to be fairly familiar with, carpentry, boats, and boat building terminology in order to follow the book at all. I still encountered JARGON that was unfamiliar to me. If I were the editor of this book I'd recommend a comprehensive GLOSSARY OF TERMS be added at the end of the book. That one addition would greatly increase the utility of this book.
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