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This book serves as a workshop handbook; giving detailed instructions on how to go about each part of a job building a boat and its proper sequence, as well as what must be looked forward to, while performing a given operation. The advantages and disadvantages of each type of construction suitable for amateurs will be described.
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".
Reprint of the Chapelle (Search for Speed Under Sail) original published by Norton in 1941. Now printed on acid-free paper and with a new foreword by Jonathan Wilson. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This book is a must for the amateur who wants to be convinced that he can confidently approach the prospect of building his own dream boat. With the support of many diagrams and sketches, Ian Nicolson teaches all the skills necessary to create anything from a small cruiser to an impressive 75-foot yacht.
Excerpt from Yachts and Yacht Building: Being a Treatise on the Construction of Yachts The great want of scientific principle in the construction of yachts must be evident to everyone who has given the subject any con sideration and it is on account Of this want that so few yachts are built which answer the expectations Of the builder or owner. The deficiency may be traced to two principal causes, first to the imper feet knowledge of the theory Of Naval Architecture, which the generality Of our yacht builders possess, and secondly to the very Slight inducement for any improvement given by the yacht clubs. Although the builders are undoubtedly men of great experience, still the very nature Of their employment prevents that careful study of the scientific part Of their business which can alone produce a competent naval architect; in fact, Naval Architecture is with them Of secondary importance, instead of demanding the greater share Of their attention. In other constructive arts there are two distinct branches, the architect, to whom is entrusted the design, and the builder, whose business it is to carry out the design, and whenever these separate branches of a trade have been united mediocrity has invariably resulted, because the time and attention requisite to produce proficiency in either branch prevents more than a partial knowledge Of both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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.