Build The New Instant Boats [Paperback]

Harold 'dynamite' Payson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: International Marine; Later Printing edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877421870
• ISBN-13: 978-0877421870
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,519,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Construction of simple, elegant designs explained clearly, November 25, 2000

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"mctaggert" (Sugar Grove, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Build the New Instant Boats (Paperback)

A great book about simple, straight forward boatbuilding. The author presents information and designs on building boats using a tack and tape method and a more convential framing method. I've built one boat from this book and am starting a second one. Payson's boatbuilding information or Bolger's designs alone are worth the price of this book.

I have to take to task the two reviewers who have indicated this book short changed them. For starters, I think the author is an honest person. In one reviewers case, the problem is a lack of plans. I've bought plans for both the boats I built because it makes building easier. For both boats, the plans were in the book. This is generous of the author considering he earns some income from plan sales. In the second case, materials price seems to be the problem. The book was published in '85, so some inflation should be allowed for. Even so, for half of his total investment, the materials for that particular boat could have been bought including epoxy adhesive and bronze oar fittings. The author also points the several levels of materials that can be used to build these boats, explaining how this affects the finished boat. Another thing the author points out is that boatbuilding takes imagination and perserverance. A lack of both of thse traits is the real problem facing the two reviewers.

If you want to build a Bolger instant boat, this book is great to have on hand. The author helped work the bugs out of these designs. You can't get better help than that.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Go build a boat!, December 19, 1999

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dave nolan (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Build the New Instant Boats (Paperback)

Harold Payson makes a first time boat builder a success.

I built Diablo in my backyard with hand power tools and fished the beaches for 9 years with a 25HP Mariner.

My advice- buy the book - build a boat. Start with a little design to gain confidence.

Use epoxy over fiberglass resin, on Marine Plywood and you'll have no problems...

Dave

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best Small-craft building book on the market..., April 1, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Build The New Instant Boats (Paperback)

When you combine the building genius and straight-forward writhing style of Harold Payson with the amazing, easy to build marine designs of the notable Phil Bolger, You have a sure winner!

The book combines general technical knowledge on boatbuilding with a large assortment of plans. This book allows you to build everything from a six foot row/sail boat, aptly named the tortise, to a classic looking, incredibly fast 25 foot schooner, simply called 'scooner'.

It is written with the beginner in mind, giving only small ammounts of technical information. The construction methods are virtually fool proof, and you can emerge from your workshop in a weekend with a complete boat, ready for the water.