Spis treści:
Introduction
Plywood Boats
About This Book
PART ONE: INSTANT BOAT BASICS
Chapter 1: Questions, Answers and Figuring Things Out
Which Boat Should I Build?
Where Do I Start?
Chapter 2: Materials for Instant Boatbuilding
Plywood
Boat Lumber
Fastenings
GLues
Paints and Painting
Flotation
Chapter 3:Tools
Power Tools
Sanding Tools
Buying Good Power Tools
Hand Tools
Buying Used Tools
Chapter 4: Boat Plans and Building Procedures
Understanding Instant Boat Plans
Building from Plans
Laying Out the Side Panels
Butt-Joining the Panels
Scarfing Plywood
Setting Up
Putting the Long Seams Together
Sheathing the Boat with Fiberglass
PART TWO: INSTANT BOATS STEP BY STEP
Chapter 5: Building Boat Models
Model-Making Tools
Glues for Model Making
Model-Making Wood
The Plans
The Scale of the Model
Side Panels
Bilge Panels, Bottom, and Transom
Stem
Frames
Assembling the Hull
Fitting the Bottom Panel and Stem
Fitting the Bilge Panels
Floor Platform and Seats
False Stem
Gunwales
Skeg
Foot Stretchers, Breast Hook, and Quarter Knees
Finishing the Hull
Scribing the Waterline
Chapter 6: Payson`s Pirogue
Chapter 7: Cartopper
Chapter 8: Sweet Pea
PART THREE: MORE BOATS TO BUILD
DINGHIES
Chapter 9: Ruben`s Nymph
Chapter 10: Big Tortoise
Chapter 11: Auray Punt
ROWBOATS
Chapter 12: Fisherman`s Skiff
Chapter 13: Stretched Dory
MOTORBOATS
Chapter 14: Sea Hawk
Chapter 15: Diablo Grande
Chapter 16: 18` Clamskiff
Chapter 17: 15`6`` Clamskiff
Chapter 18: Sneakeasy
SAILBOATS
Chapter 19: Catfish
Chapter 20: Chebacco
APPURTENANCES
Chapter 21: Building Oars
Chapter 22: Moorings
APPENDIX: RESOURCES
GLOSSARY
INDEX

Oprawa miękka.
193 strony.
Format: 215x275mm.
ISBN 0-07-147264-9