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A Boatbuilder is Born,
By Scott N Burgess (Fulton, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Good Skiffs, how they're designed and built (Paperback)
Based on a whim and a review in Chesapeake Bay Magazine, I read Karl Stambaugh's "Good Skiffs" last winter. Remarkably, I now have found the serious hobby I always wanted but never knew where to find."Good Skiffs" opens with a nice discussion of flat-bottomed boat history and lore, but it's really the chapters on skiff design and construction that start drawing the reader in. The author, a naval architect and designer, writes in an engaging fashion and readily shares his passion for the challenges and joys of designing, building and owning these small craft. The book includes pictures and information on more than a dozen designs, some of which are the author's. Stambaugh's accompanying commentary is genuinely enthusiastic and insightful. The book concludes with a step-by-step guide for the construction of Stambaugh's 9 foot Weekend Dinghy. I built it last spring from a kit and used the book as a supplement. I'm now working on a 14 foot outboard skiff, also the author's design. What more can I say? |
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Good Skiffs, how they're designed and built by Karl Stambaugh (Paperback - December 1, 1998)
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