Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 560 pages
- Published by: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
- Edition: 2nd Edition August 12, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 007142797X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071427975
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 2.5 pounds
Review
"John Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted." -WoodenBoat magazine; "Deserves an honored place on the library shelf." -National Fisherman; "Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boatshop." -Sea History
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Building Classic Small Craft: Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats (Hardcover)
It is very difficult to find a book that presents buildable plans of elegant traditional American working boats. Anyone suffering from this frustration will be delighted by Gardner's work. You can leaf through the book and when you see something you like, you are in a position to build it instead of sending off for hundreds of dollars worth of plans. I built a one-meter long model from the "alpha dory" plans in the book, using the table of offsets to loft the plan by hand. I noticed that one measurement in the offset table was way off, but that was obvious and caused no difficulty. I built the model following Gardner's masterful instructions for building the real thing and everyone who sees the model is very impressed by the beauty of the result. It was an easy and rewarding project. The book is not intended to be a newbie introduction, but reading one other book like Macintosh's Building Wooden Boats or John Leather's Clinker Boatbuilding will provide more than sufficient background.
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