Harold Payson to znany budowniczy łodzi i popularyzator amatorskiego szkutnictwa. Opracował i spopularyzował metody budownictwa, opracował wiele popularnych projektów. W tej książce prezentuje, jak łatwo i szybko zbudować z podstawowych materiałów (sklejki, laminatu) niewielkie konstrukcje - bączki, łodzie wiosłowe, motorówki i małe jachty kabinowe. Wiele cennych wskazówek, ilustracji, wskazówek dotyczących wykonywania prac. Książka w języku angielskim.
 
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
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