Building Small Boats

Building Small BoatsSorry, this book is temp out of stock eta July. For years Greg taught the fundamentals here at our WoodenBoat School. Greg's talent for relaying this experience into the written word has resulted in a text with a straight forward friendly approach, including helpful drawings and photographs. The combination will drive home the lessons. Building Small Boats is one of our best selling books as it's the ideal book for the construction of boats under 25

Oceangoing carvel-planked cruiser with a choice of centerboard or ballast keel configurations

Subtitled "a primer of sailing" it really is an excellent guide to understand how wind and water affect boats

FRANCIS HERRESHOFF (1890-1972) was the most remarkable yacht designer of his time

with roughly 300 hours of your time for the building process

The Fair in the story is said to have been based on the local annual Blue Hill Fair

27' Two-Person Shell

Phil Thiel's ESCARGOT is a house/canal boat designed for slow

company historical photos

Construction Method: Lapstrake over sawn frames

but also how the design came to be from someone with a (long

a careful preparation of the surface

Draft (db up) - 3"