Boatbuilding with Baltek DuraKore [Hardcover]

David G. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1995

Using the materials and methods in this ground-breaking book, amateurs and small-scale professionals can build a high-tech colored-laminate boat in less time than it once took just to loft the design for conventional construction. Computers have all but eliminated the onerous lofting stage. And a new manmade "wood" and special marine epoxy glues permit building virtually any hull shape in just days instead of weeks and years. Using Baltek's DuraKore, a precision manufactured balsa-and-hardwood sandwich, each half-hull for Dick Newick's famous 40-foot racing trimaran Ocean Surfer was completed by four people in just six hours. Written in close collaboration with and endorsed by the Baltek Corporation, this is the first book to detail the use of the revolutionary boatbuilding material that has taken the small-scale professional boatbuilding world by storm.

Editorial Reviews

Review

``The definitive guide to building one-off hi-tech composite power and sail boats of virtually any shape for professional and home builders without time-consuming, costly plugs and conventional fiberglass molds.'' (Australian Amateur Boatbuilder )

``. . .[A] ground-breaking book.'' (Boat Plans International Newsletter )

About the Author

David G. Brown holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master's License, 100 Gross Tons, with Commercial Assistance Towing and Auxiliary Sail endorsements. He has served as the captain of a high-speed ferry serving the Lake Erie islands from Port Clinton, Ohio. Brown is an instructor for North Coast Marine Services, a firm specializing in safety risk assessment, crew training and license instruction. He has also been employed as a boatbuilder and repairer, and for 17 years was a television news producer, writing and producing more than 1,500 hours of news/documentary scripts and receiving an Emmy award for his coverage of the Agent Orange story in 1979.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (January 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007008212X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070082120
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Professional & Technical > Transportation > Ships > Boat Building

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on a time-saving process., January 15, 2000

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Jeffrey Zoeller - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boatbuilding with Baltek DuraKore (Hardcover)

This book fully explains the Baltek method of boat building. The method is a real time saver over standard cold-molded planking methods and it results in a stronger hull. The method allows for construction of all hull shapes using ordinary tools. Check this out if you are considering new methods for boatbuilding.`

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be sure!, February 4, 2001

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"_j_p_w_" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boatbuilding with Baltek DuraKore (Hardcover)

I made the mistake of purchasing this book because I was curious about Baltek products and how to use them. I think you can get that kind of information for free elsewhere (on the web or from Baltek).

HOWEVER, if you will be building a boat out of that materal, and you are sure of it, it appeared to be a very thorough explanation of the subject, and is likely a reference such a builder would really need to make the most of this material.