How To Build A Wooden Boat (hurt)

Here is everything you need to know to construct a carvel planked cruising boat, with no more than a set of plans, a stack of lumber, and a determination. You'll be hard-pressed to find a book which does a better job of telling you how to go about the process. Bud McIntosh had a gift for explaining as well as building and designing. Combine Bud's text with the elegant yet clean drawings of Sam Manning, and you have a classic text, in print for over 25 years.

Table of Contents:

Laying Down

The Making of Molds

The Ballast Keel

The Backbone: Keel and Sternpost

The Backbone : Stem, Rabbet, and Frame Sockets

The Backbone: Tail Feather, Transom, Molds, and Sheer

Ribbands and Timbering Off

Floor Timbers

The Planking Process: From the Sheer Down

The Planking Process: From the Garboard Up

A Smooth and Fair Hull

Ceilings

Fitting the Deck Framing

Laying the Deck

Building the House

Hatches and Other Deck Joinery

Fittings the Bulkheads

Spars

The Rudder

Tools and Devices

by David C. "Bud" McIntosh
wonderfully illustrated by Samuel F. Manning
254 pp., hardcover
9 x 11"
ISBN # 0-937822-10-8

Cover photo by Neil Rabinowitz of the Alden schooner Malabar II. This boat was built by Marc Scott (in Idaho...) who said the Bud McIntosh book was a big factor in being able to build the boat.

Take advantage of the lower prices of these "hurt" books. These books have been returned, are slightly bunged or scuffed. None of these books are severely damaged, ie; ripped pages, water stained, and the like. They are perfectly readable, useable books.

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