An American original, the Adirondack guideboat is noted for its graceful lines, elegant curves, maneuverability, and speed. With this book, the amateur woodworker can construct his or her own fully ribbed wood stip reproduction of the guideboat Virginia, built in 1905 and in the collection of the Adirondack Museum, using laminated spruce ribs, cedar strips, and lightweight fiberglass. The authors explain the assembly and the finish work and they even include tips on the transporting and maintenance of the builder's beautiful new boat. Your Adirondack guideboat will have: *Strong laminated rib construction. *A smooth wood strip, fiberglassed hull. *All of the accessories of the traditional guideboat. *The classic look, feel, and performance of the traditional guideboat.
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Building an Adirondack Guideboat tells us all we need to know about putting together a guideboat to the old lines with modern materials at a cost that falls comfortably near the low end of the scale. ...The amount of detail given to us by the authors, in a comfortable letter-from-home style, is impressive....if you are really going to build one of these boats, you will bless this book each evening as you turn off the shop lights and then you will take it to bed with you in order to prepare for the next day s work. --Mike O'Brien, Woodenboat magazine
So, my thanks go to (and admiration of) Michael J. Olivette and John D. Michne for authoring a truly outstanding book and having done all of us a great service in the bargain. --Rodger C. Swanson, Messing About In Boats
This book …is a clear and highly descriptive treatise on the entire construction process, from planning to finishing. Profusely illustrated with 260 excellent black & white photographs, it also includes 16 crisp line drawings of the original John Gardner plans, a list of each and every brass screw required, a sources section, a bibliography and a glossary of boatbuilding terms. When I served as a judge for several years at the annual Northeastern Woodworkers Association (NWA) expo in Saratoga Springs, New York, I was privileged to award John Michne several awards for his boats, including a "Best of Show" award in 2002, for his reproduction of the Virginia. The level of accomplishment in these craft was stunning. Whether you intend to build a showpiece, or a simpler version of this classic boat, this book will provide all the information you need, and show you a whole new arsenal of woodworking techniques in the bargain. --Ellis Walentine, Woodcentral.com
So, my thanks go to (and admiration of) Michael J. Olivette and John D. Michne for authoring a truly outstanding book and having done all of us a great service in the bargain. --Rodger C. Swanson, Messing About In Boats
This book …is a clear and highly descriptive treatise on the entire construction process, from planning to finishing. Profusely illustrated with 260 excellent black & white photographs, it also includes 16 crisp line drawings of the original John Gardner plans, a list of each and every brass screw required, a sources section, a bibliography and a glossary of boatbuilding terms. When I served as a judge for several years at the annual Northeastern Woodworkers Association (NWA) expo in Saratoga Springs, New York, I was privileged to award John Michne several awards for his boats, including a "Best of Show" award in 2002, for his reproduction of the Virginia. The level of accomplishment in these craft was stunning. Whether you intend to build a showpiece, or a simpler version of this classic boat, this book will provide all the information you need, and show you a whole new arsenal of woodworking techniques in the bargain. --Ellis Walentine, Woodcentral.com
About the Author
John D. Michne is a retired chemist and gamma ray spectroscopist. Among his many boatbuilding awards, his reproduction Virginia won Best in Show at the annual Northeastern Woodworkers Showcase 2002 and his 14' Adirondack guideboat won the Best in Show and People's Choice awards at the NWA's 2004 show. Michael J. Olivette is Associate Dean in the College of Professional Studies at the University of Scranton and has spent much of his life exploring New York State's Adirondack Mountains. He is a licensed Adirondack guide who, like the guides of the old days, is also an accomplished carpenter, furniture maker, and boat builder.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Building an Adirondack Guideboat: Wood Strip Reproductions of the Virginia (Paperback)
As a big fan of John Michne's website, I became very interested when I heard this book was coming out. I ordered it right away and I was not disappointed. The are a few books out today on the subject of boatbuilding for the home hobbyist that are really fantastic and this ranks right up there along with Ted Moore's Canoecraft, John Brooks' Glued Lapstrake Boatbuilding. The author's combine boatbuilding skill and documentation skill which is not an easy or common feat. They have done a great job in documenting the build of the H. Dwight Grant design 16' Guideboat "Virginia" so home boatbuilders like me can follow right along. I would not have considered building a boat like this without this book. The book includes all of the steps and precise details on how to reproduce this great craft. Many tips and techniques are shown that will insure high quality if carefully followed. The authors approach is one of setting a very high standard instead of mass appeal simplicity. The sanding stick idea is ingeniously simple for sanding rolling bevels on stems and ribs but I had never heard of it before. The sections on seat caning and brass metalwork clearly illustrate that it is something within my reach. I particularly liked that the authors were faithful to the Grant design "Virginia" lines as precisely documented by John Gardner. It is a great tribute to Grant, Gardner, Kenneth Durant and anyone who appreciates this special piece of history. I am sure they would be happy that new guideboats will continue to emerge from workshops and garages and be used all over the world rather than slowly fading away as museum pieces only. The Adirondack Guideboat design is really not for a beginning boatbuilder who is looking to build a first boat. It will turn out much better if you have already built a few boats. Don't miss out on this book though just because you are not ready to build one. No other type of book exists that I know of on how to build this remarkable boat.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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EXCELLENT!,
By Waterboy (VT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Building an Adirondack Guideboat: Wood Strip Reproductions of the Virginia (Paperback)
This is an absolutely excellent book! If you have any interest in Adirondack guideboats or in strip building canoes, you owe it to yourself to buy this book. The authors do a masterful job of explaining - in excrutiating detail - how to build a reproduction of a guideboat that is currently in a museum. They leave no stone unturned and describe the process very clearly with lots of photographs. They do a great job as well of weaving throughout the chapters the history of guideboats and their construction. Much of what they describe can be used for building other boats as well. This is a must have if you're into boat building or guideboats or the Adirondacks. It's probably the best book available on this topic!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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lots of detail,
By Roystr "Roystr" (fulton,ny) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Building an Adirondack Guideboat: Wood Strip Reproductions of the Virginia (Paperback)
im no expert on any type of boat,nor a writer.i enjoyed this book quite a bit. its amaizing what you learn that you never ever heard of before. i would definatly like to build one of these boats,, but,i must first build a smaller less complicated dinghy type first. to get a bit of practice. after all, thats alot of money in wood and epoxy,FG so,, id want to be a little more confident before i begin one of my own. the book has great pictures,and the text..... well you begin to admire the builders that came before us.. (i always do) the craftmanship of these boats is truly amaizing. and they did alot of it with old school tools. i cant recomend this book enough. i buy two types of boat books. one type shares building information with me,techniques,tips,ect,ect..,so i might build a beauty of my own somday. the second reason i buy boat books,,is for the history of boating in general. and this book has a full load of both kinds of information. its nice to have it on the shelf. roy
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The Adirondack Mountain region of New York comprises most of the northern part of the state, lying wholly within an area bounded by the western shore of Lake Champlain on the east, the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario to the north and west, and the Mohawk River valley to the south. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rising cleats, stock plank, rowlock plates, bottom hoard, traditional guideboat, rolling bevel, alignment batten, sheer strip, guideboat builders, rib blank, rib foot, stem band, slow hardener, binder cane, fast hardener, painter ring, unthickened epoxy, capping strip, sanding stick, cove edges, inner stem, laminated ribs, rib feet, outer stem, plastic cane Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The Adirondack Mountain region of New York comprises most of the northern part of the state, lying wholly within an area bounded by the western shore of Lake Champlain on the east, the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario to the north and west, and the Mohawk River valley to the south. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rising cleats, stock plank, rowlock plates, bottom hoard, traditional guideboat, rolling bevel, alignment batten, sheer strip, guideboat builders, rib blank, rib foot, stem band, slow hardener, binder cane, fast hardener, painter ring, unthickened epoxy, capping strip, sanding stick, cove edges, inner stem, laminated ribs, rib feet, outer stem, plastic cane Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Gardner's Plate, Adirondack Museum, Dick Millet, Dwight Grant, Lewis Grant, Blue Mountain Lake, Rob Axelson, Lake Placid New!
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books:
- Adirondack Guide-Boat (Adirondack Museum) by Kenneth Durant on page 7, and Back Matter
- Building Classic Small Craft by John Gardner in Back Matter
- Canoecraft: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip Construction by Ted Moores in Back Matter
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on page 2
- Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks by Hallie E. Bond in Back Matter
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