"a wonderful and simple method for building a boat--any boat. while buheler has some small scale plans and offsets in the book (available from him in large scale), the strength of this book is the advice.. Actual plans, from old book. substitute plywood for solid wood. old plan for take apart skiff actual plans, in pdf format. boat is in 3 clip-together sections. old plan for folding boat in pdf format. plywood with canvas hinges folding skiff. take apart jonboat come in 3 sections and has a built in cooler. home; my boats; building a skerry from. Canoe and boat building by w. p. stephens (1889). boat sailing in fair weather and foul by a. j. kenealy (1895). all of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format.
This is a must have book, recommended by traditional wooden boat building schools. though a good seamanship and shipwrigth vocabulary or glossary at hand is essential, for the most part this is reader friendly book to the amateur and professional alike. a standard, that should be on every would-be or current wooden boat builder's shelf.. Boatbuilding is a practical handbook and boatshop assistant, designed and written to meet the needs of the builder, covering the complete process of wooden boat construction.. A practical course in wooden boat and ship building the fundamental principles and practical methods described in detail especially written for carpenters and other woodworkers who desire to engage in boat or ship building, and as a text-book for schools by richard m. van gaasbeek chicago, frederick j. drake & company , 1918.
