Planking & Fastening (The WoodenBoat Series) [Paperback]

Peter H. Spectre (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

Another in the series on wooden boats, this one deals with the techniques for planking the hull and fastening the planking to the ribs.

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About the Author

Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937822418
• ISBN-13: 978-0937822418
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #887,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you need to know about planking and fastening, June 28, 2002

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I don't know why the other reviewer bought this book. This is a collection of articles by different authors from Woodenboat magazine regarding ... planking and fastening. It's not really a fun book like some boat design books but more of a manual on how to complete a boat. If you're building a tradional(non-plywood)wood boat, you'll find at least one and probably several articles in here that will more than pay for the book in time and money saved. I gave it 4 stars because it could be a bit better organized.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book., January 9, 2007

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Eric J. Nordby "Island woodworker" (Nantucket, MA) - See all my reviews
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I found this book very informative and interesting. I highly suggest reading it entirely before you begin your project in order that you have as good an understanding of these concepts as possible. It is a collection of articles from Woodenboat Magazine specifically about planking and fastening issues. Some of the information may seem esoteric but that's what wooden boat building is. I see that one of the reviewers has had difficulty understanding its terms and I concur that this book is not for the novice- or for that matter the uncommitted. If you are a novice, as I was before I began the repairs, I suggest getting out a dictionary and making the commitment to figure out what these folks are writing about. This book paid dividends for us and was like having a professional boat builder there beside us- what could be better than that? When we were done with our repairs the sailboat didn't take on a single teaspoon of water- good luck with yours.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, but ..., June 26, 2007

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Well, my criticism is not so much about the book, as it is about the lack of detail available about actual contents. There was no way to search inside the book on-line. Googling the book gave little more info than the brief bit on Amazon.

I was looking for a book that not only told you how to put a plank on, but to finish the job... pound cotton in the seams and pay them with sealant. This was the only book in the Wooden Boat series that would seem to possible address this, but no. There seems to be a real lack of info about this, and what sealants to use, etc. Oh, there is info. on line in forums, but bring up the subject and within a couple hours folks are insulting each other and slinging mud, etc. There is apparently a lot of controversy, and little real info.

Good book about actual construction, but it to the point of a hull sitting there with open seams. I will keep looking.