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In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, renowned designer Gavin Atkin shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats with a minimum of time, experience, and expense. Using clearly written and illustrated step-by-step instructions, Atkin explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more, as he helps you choose and build the simple boat of your dreams.
Contents:
Part One
How to Build Them
Chapter 1: Three Simple Methods
Chapter 2: Materials and Tools
Chapter 3: Basic Tools
Chapter 4: Building the Hull
Chapter 5: Finishing Your Boat
Chapter 6: Fitting Out for Rowing and Sail
Chapter 7: Making Models
Part Two
The Boats
Minimouse and Micromouse
Lilypad
Mouse and Rowing Mouse
Cruising Mouse
Poorboy
Dogsboy
Jiggity
Aurette
Piragua
Cinderella
Flying Mouse
EEK!
Puddle Duck Racer
Summer Breeze
Doris the Dory
What Shall We Build Next?
Appendix
Index
224 pp., softcover
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