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Boat Building in Your Own Backyard
S. S. Rabl
Cornell Maritime Press, 1958
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Fifty Wooden Boats: A Catalog of Building Plans, Vol.1 7 reviews
Woodenboat Magazine
Wooden Boat Publications, 1984
The wooden boat: the highest form of art
5 Stars
Some people love working on cars, golfing, or seeing a good game. This reviewer loves ships and boats. I got this book as a house warming gift for a friend who build a massive house. I have to admit the book is amazing and quite informative.
Bluntly, if you're a good carpenter with a full work bench of tools, know a lot about basic carpentry construction, and don't mind spending ...
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Building Small Boats15 reviews
Greg Rossel
Wooden Boat Publications, 1998
Building Small Boats
This is, quite simply, the most useable and useful book for small boat building which is out there. A legendary teacher at the WoodenBoat School, Greg Rossel uses his years of experience to take the reader through the whole process of constructing a wooden boat. The chapter on lofting alone is worth the price of the whole book. One might consider Chapelle's "Boatbuilding" to be Old Testament: ...
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A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building
Richard, M Van Gaasbeek
Dixon Price Publishing, 2007
Originally published on the eve of WWI, A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building was developed to train carpenters and other woodworkers in the practical aspects of building a wooden ship.
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Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual 15 reviews
Iain Oughtred
Wooden Boat Publications, 2000
Essential Addition to Small Boat Library
This book is a great cross reference to the Hill and Rossel books. Oughred relies on his photographs to convey the boat construction message and the result is a clear instruction manual. Boatbuilding can be confusing to the uninitiated, and Oughred's approach supplements the more detailed written accounts offered in "How to Build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats" by Brooks and Hill and "Building ...
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Building Strip-Planked Boats
Nick Schade
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2009
The first comprehensive book on stripbuilding almost any type of small boat Strip-planking is a popular method of amateur boat construction, but until now there has never been a book that showed how to use it for more than one type of boat. Author Nick Schade presents complete plans for three boats of different types (canoe, kayak, and a dinghy) and shows you step-by-step how to build them. Written for all amateur builders, the book covers ...
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Building Skin-on-Frame Boats15 reviews
Robert Morris
Hartley and Marks Publishers, 2000
Great book on skin on frame building
I bought this book first and then bought Chris Cunningham's book. Both books compliment each other and since I do not know much about this process, I consider both required reading before I build. I really enjoyed this book. The author really tries to stay faithful to the spirit of the craft where possible. Of course, sealskin is no longer used but there is no glue for the joints (just ...
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Building Classic Small Craft : Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats14 reviews
John Gardner
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2003
Preserved Collection of Inspirational Designs
John Gardner died in 1995, and left a legacy of preserving the designs of 19th century American small workboats and recreational craft. The designs are not for the beginner, and those looking for a how-to primer would be greatly served by reading "How to Build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats" by Hill and Brooks. But Gardner gives great inspiration on the type of boat that your would like to invest ...
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Ultrasimple Boat Building 6 reviews
Gavin Atkin
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2007
Ultrasimple Boatbuilding Review
This book belongs on the shelf of anyone who is contemplating building their own boat. This book was a special treat for me because there is a picture of a boat I built in it.
The prospect of building a boat can be very overwhelming. It is a process of figuring out your needs and then deciding on an appropriate design. This is followed by determining if you have the tools, money, space, skill, ...
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Model Boat Building Made Simple1 review
Steve Rogers, Patricia Staby-Rogers
Schiffer Publishing, 2000
Excellent how-to for the beginner or moderately experienced
Excellent how-to book documents the construction of this elegant work boat model. Liberal use of photographs in addition to clearly and handsomly drawn plans, provide insight into how the work should look as it progresses - very important for the less experienced reader. Careful explanation of the finishing work allows the builder to reproduce the realistic 'dirty' look of this elegant ...
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Building A Fiberglass Boat 6 reviews
Arthur Edmunds
Bristol Fashion Publications, Inc., 1999
Excellent reference tool
This book will give the information needed to build a quality boat but the craftsman must have basic knowledge and good skills. I have been a shipwright for more than 40 years and still learned from this book. I don't believe it is, or was even intended to be, the last word on boat building but it is well worth reading regardless of your talents. Add this to Mr. Edmunds Designing Power & Sail ...
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How to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats8 reviews
John Brooks, Ruth Ann Hill
Wooden Boat Publications, 2004
Best book to answer all your questions
Although I enjoy reading John Gardner's books the most, when it comes time to build this is the book I'll have on my workbench. It's packed with more info than any other book I've seen and answers all those nagging questions. It's by far the best Bible on boat building. The only part about his boat building technique I question is the use of screws, battens, and small blocks of wood to ...
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Practical Boat Building for Amateurs: Containing Full Instruction for Designing and Building Punts, Skiffs, ...
Adrian Neison
Adamant Media Corporation, 2002
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1880 edition by the Bazaar, London.
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Build Your Own Boat: Building and Fitting-Out for Sail or Power
Ian Nicolson
W. W. Norton & Company, 1982
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Boat Building with Steel, Including Boat Building with Aluminium1 review
Gilbert C. Klingel
International Marine Publishing Co, 1973
Boatbuilding with Steel
This is a well written and lucid book about steel boatbuilding. I am building a steel ketch and frequently refer to this book. The description for welding plates on the frames is outstanding. If you like boats and your are technically inclined you will get a lot of very useful information about tools, techniques and methods for building with steel.
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Boat Building in Winterton, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland (Mercury Series)1 review
David A. Taylor
Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadie, 2006
Ethnography with tables of offsets!
I hunted this book down after seeing a beautiful "rodney" boat from New Foundland on the internet. I didn't realise it was an ethnography when I ordered it, but now that I have it I appreciate it for what it is. I enjoyed reading about the boats and the vanishing breed of men who built them. One of the things that makes this book so interesting is accounts of the use of archaic methods that ...
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Model Boat Building: The Menhaden Steamer3 reviews
Steve Rogers, Patricia Staby Rogers
Schiffer Publishing, 1999
Lobster Boat
As far as I know I have all the books written by this couple, and I have built all the models. I made three of the Menhaden Steamer and four of the Lobster Boat, one each of the two sail boats, and an uncountable number of the rowboats. Although there are places in all the books that aren't as clear as I would have liked, I had no problems in eventually overcoming them. The text and photos are ...
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Small Craft Advisory: A Book About the Building of a Boat2 reviews
Rubin
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994
Wonderful and inspiring tale
It's easy to love this book, whether you're even a casual boater or a landlubber. Mr. Rubin gives some great insights into his life and the reasons why one makes the choices they make. I read the opening about him building the small boat as a child to my wife, who absolutely was entranced by the images. Even though I live near one of the Great Lakes instead of the Atlantic Ocean, "messing ...
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