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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8182
EAN: 9781574090826
Edition: 2
ISBN: 1574090828
Label: Sheridan House
Manufacturer: Sheridan House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: June 25, 1999
Publisher: Sheridan House
Studio: Sheridan House
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Product Description:
This comprehensive guide to metal boats covers sailboats and powerboats, both in aluminum and steel. While it will be of interest to anyone who owns a metal boat, it is a must for those who are planning to buy a metal boat, complete a boat from a bare hull, or build a completely new steel or aluminum boat themselves.
Many experts agree that steel is the best hull construction material for a cruising sailboat or powerboat. And this construction method allows you to custom-build a boat for a reasonable price, one much lower than the cost of today's mass-produced fiberglass boats.
In addition, much of the material in the book is of value to the builders and owners of non-metal boats since it explains how to deal with electrolysis, painting, compatibility of metals, and other such problems.
Diagrams, boat plans, and photos illustrate this useful text.
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You have to read this book if you are planning to buy or to build a steel or aluminun metal boal
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Quite ok if you just want to know the basics of Metal Boat Building. If, for example you want to buy a finished metal boat. If you really want to build a boat yourself, consider Tom Colvins Steel Boats (if i'm remembering the title right).
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This book is for someone who wants to know a little about some of the basic things to look at on a boat. I did not find it to be a good value for the money and would not recommend it.
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