Summary
One of the most widely read texts on the subject, Boatbuilding Manual has been used for years as a standard reference at both boatbuilding and design schools. This fourth edition emphasizes traditional wooden construction but also surveys plywood, wood-epoxy, fiberglass, steel, aluminum, and other boatbuilding methods. The chapters on interpreting plans, lofting, and moldmaking are common to all methods. New to this edition are several chapters arising from the Miscellaneous Details chapter of earlier editions; an appendix on sharpening tools; expanded tables of metric equivalents; an expanded and annotated source guide for plans, fasteners, hardware, wood, and other staples of boatbuilding; and a list of additional reading. Thoroughly updated with respect to modern tools and materials, Boatbuilding Manual remains both a professional reference and the first book a budding amateur should buy.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
1 General
2 Plans
3 Tools
4 Woods
5 Fiberglass and Other Hull Materials
6 Fastenings
7 Lines and Laying Down
8 Molds, Templates, and the Backbone
9 Setting Up
10 Framing
11 Planking
12 Deck Framing
13 Decking
14 Deck Joinerwork
15 Interior Joinerwork
16 Finishing
17 Sailboat Miscellany
18 Steering
19 Tanks, Plumbing, Etc.
20 Mechanical and Electrical
21 Potpourri
22 Safety
Appendices
I: Sharpening Tools
II: The Metric System of Measurement
III: Sources
IV: Recommended Reading
Index
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