Spis treści:
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PLANS OF THE BOAT
Lines plans
How to read a plan
Choosing a design
How do you draw inspiration from a plan?
Taking off lines
Drawing the lines plan from measurements
Making a half model
The traditional half model
Lofting
Table of offsets
Construction plans
TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION
Boatbuilding timbers
Flaws and diseases in wood
The main frame timbers
The longitudinal centreline structure
The frames
The planking
Carvel planking
Cliker planking
Carvel planking on a sawn frame
The layout of the planks
Spiling carvel planks
Sawing
Steaming
The various planks
Carvel planking with mixed frames
Carvel planking with steam bend frames
Clinker planking with steam bend frames
Caulking
The stringers, joining pieces and reinforcements
The keelson
The inwales, risers and bilge stringers
The open dinghy gunwale
The knees
The deck structure
The deck beams
Carlins and half beams
The cockpit coaming
The covering board
The deck planking
The rubbing strake
The toe rail
The accommodation space
The superstructure
Protecting wooden hulls
Maintenance
THE RIG
Masts and spars
The spars
Running rigging and standing rigging
Sails
The main types of rig
Sailmaking
Tanning sails
Maintaining the sails
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Amateur construction
Boatbuilding courses
Bibliography
The regulations
GLOSSARY
INDEX

Oprawa miękka.
126 stron.
Format: 170x245mm.
ISBN 9781408128534