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Combining two out of print books, Building Classic Small Craft and More Building Classic Small Craft, this edition includes plans, offsets and building instructions for 47 different boats.
Including:
L. Francis Herreshoff's Pram
A Lowell Dory Skiff
A Car-Top Dory
The Peapod
The St. Lawrence River Skiff
The Origin of the Whitehall
The Barnegat Sneakbox
Herreshoff Rowboat and Modified McInnis Bateau
Merrymeeting Bay Duckboat
Down East Workboat
Matinicus Peapod
16-Foot Swampscott Dory
and many more.
For each design the author provides plans and text that take the reader through the building cycle, from laying down the lines to setting up, lining off, planking, timbering, and finishing out. Gardner also describes the origin and evolution of each boat type, and he profiles some of the builders and designers of the past who were instrumental in their development.
536 pp., softcover
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