Author: Nic Compton
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408105152
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A celebration of the work of popular wooden boat designer Iain Oughtred with colour photography showcasing the beauty of the boats as well as the Scottish landscape where he is based.
Iain Oughtred
Author: Nic Compton
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408105152
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A celebration of the work of popular wooden boat designer Iain Oughtred with colour photography showcasing the beauty of the boats as well as the Scottish landscape where he is based.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408105152
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A celebration of the work of popular wooden boat designer Iain Oughtred with colour photography showcasing the beauty of the boats as well as the Scottish landscape where he is based.
Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual
Author: Iain Oughtred
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 0937822612
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
After a successful career in centreboard racing dinghies, Ian Oughtred became one of the leading lights of the British wooden boat revival, designing, building and sailing many remarkable craft. These boats have gained a world-wide reputation for their elegance of line, sound construction and execellent sailing performance. His perfectionist approach may be unbusinesslike, but provides highly refined designs and detailed plans. In this he hopes to encourage a return to a deep appreciation of traditional values of craftsmanship, believing this is the vital part of the true education, and thus helps to nourish the human spirit in an impoverished age.
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 0937822612
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
After a successful career in centreboard racing dinghies, Ian Oughtred became one of the leading lights of the British wooden boat revival, designing, building and sailing many remarkable craft. These boats have gained a world-wide reputation for their elegance of line, sound construction and execellent sailing performance. His perfectionist approach may be unbusinesslike, but provides highly refined designs and detailed plans. In this he hopes to encourage a return to a deep appreciation of traditional values of craftsmanship, believing this is the vital part of the true education, and thus helps to nourish the human spirit in an impoverished age.
The Dinghy Cruising Companion
Author: Roger Barnes
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408179164
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A practical and engaging guide to dinghy cruising, covering everything from getting set up to embarking on more adventurous cruises. A wonderful read with a huge amount of useful advice.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408179164
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A practical and engaging guide to dinghy cruising, covering everything from getting set up to embarking on more adventurous cruises. A wonderful read with a huge amount of useful advice.
How to Build Glued-lapstrake Wooden Boats
Author: John Brooks
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822586
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As a child, John Brooks loved to build models and sail with his grandfather. When most teenagers were at the prom, John was changing jibs in the Indian Ocean, halfway through a 35,000-mile, two-year cruise. He began building boats in commercial yards at 19, while studying boat design and building his own boats. John worked for many years honing his craftsmanship on fine yachts, small boats, custom furniture, and a harpsichord. He has been a instructor at the WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1990s, teaching glued-lapstrake boatbuilding, fine interior joinery, and carving. Ruth Ann Hill grew up on the coast of Maine. A writer, boatbuilding assistant, naturalist, and graphic artist, Ruth is the author of Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional Guide and a contributing editor for Maine Boats & Harbors magazine. John and Ruth started their business, Brooks Boats, in 1991. They design and build glued-lapstrake boats in West Brooklin, Maine-and get out to enjoy their handiwork in its proper element whenever they can.
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822586
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As a child, John Brooks loved to build models and sail with his grandfather. When most teenagers were at the prom, John was changing jibs in the Indian Ocean, halfway through a 35,000-mile, two-year cruise. He began building boats in commercial yards at 19, while studying boat design and building his own boats. John worked for many years honing his craftsmanship on fine yachts, small boats, custom furniture, and a harpsichord. He has been a instructor at the WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1990s, teaching glued-lapstrake boatbuilding, fine interior joinery, and carving. Ruth Ann Hill grew up on the coast of Maine. A writer, boatbuilding assistant, naturalist, and graphic artist, Ruth is the author of Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional Guide and a contributing editor for Maine Boats & Harbors magazine. John and Ruth started their business, Brooks Boats, in 1991. They design and build glued-lapstrake boats in West Brooklin, Maine-and get out to enjoy their handiwork in its proper element whenever they can.
How to Build a Wooden Boat
Author: David C. McIntosh
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822104
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
David C. "Bud" McIntosh was a designer, builder, and sailor of large and small wooden cruising boats for more than 50 years, and wrote about it for over 10 of those years. He made his home on New Hampshire's Piscataqua River, where he was teacher and friend to both amateur and professional boatbuilders.
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822104
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
David C. "Bud" McIntosh was a designer, builder, and sailor of large and small wooden cruising boats for more than 50 years, and wrote about it for over 10 of those years. He made his home on New Hampshire's Piscataqua River, where he was teacher and friend to both amateur and professional boatbuilders.
Lofting
Author: Allan H. Vaitses
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822555
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Allan Vaitses is an able and versatile builder, having a marvelous ability to devise solutions for the dilemmas that arise in boatbuilding.
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822555
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Allan Vaitses is an able and versatile builder, having a marvelous ability to devise solutions for the dilemmas that arise in boatbuilding.
Building Small Boats
Author: Greg Rössel
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822500
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822500
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".
The Compleat Cruiser
Author: L. Francis Herreshoff
Publisher: Seafarer Books
ISBN: 9780850364224
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Famed yacht designer and author L. Francis Herreshoff takes us on family style cruises in American waters, during which all sorts of boats and boating skills are explained while they are used. He tells about the adventures of the crews of the catboat Piscator, the ketch Viator, and the engineless whaleboat-style ketch Rozinante. There are anecdotes and examples and a wide variety of boat lore in each chapter, as well as adventures, races and coastwide cruises and historical harbors to visit.
Publisher: Seafarer Books
ISBN: 9780850364224
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Famed yacht designer and author L. Francis Herreshoff takes us on family style cruises in American waters, during which all sorts of boats and boating skills are explained while they are used. He tells about the adventures of the crews of the catboat Piscator, the ketch Viator, and the engineless whaleboat-style ketch Rozinante. There are anecdotes and examples and a wide variety of boat lore in each chapter, as well as adventures, races and coastwide cruises and historical harbors to visit.
100 Boat Designs Reviewed
Author: Peter H. Spectre
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
ISBN: 9780937822449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.
The Dory Book
Author: John Gardner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493068326
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493068326
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.