Rip, Strip, & Row: A Builders Guide to the Cosine Wherry [Paperback]

J. D. Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 81 pages
• Publisher: Tamal Vista Pubns; 1st edition (October 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917436024
• ISBN-13: 978-0917436024
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #844,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great beginners guide (including plans) to build a Wherry, September 27, 1998

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[e-mail] (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rip, Strip, & Row: A Builders Guide to the Cosine Wherry (Paperback)

I found the book an excellent source that guides you through building a wherry. You just need basic woodworking skills and patience and the book takes you through the entire process including what tools and supplies you will need. The only shortcomings that I found was it was not clear how to attach and finish the planking to the forward stem (which isn't a huge deal). It also focuses on using System Three Resins, which are certainly fine, but West System Resins are just as easy to use and much easier to obtain out of the NorthWest. By the way, a complete or partial kit of pre-milled lumber is available from Flounder Bay Boat Company in Anacortes, Washington, where they have completed several Cosine Wherry's and are an excellent source of materials and advice (and they are great people). If you have always wanted to build a small boat by the "strip" method this is a great book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wherry builder pleased, March 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Rip, Strip, & Row: A Builders Guide to the Cosine Wherry (Paperback)

I built my wherry using the book, and I found the same errors other builders did in the stern area. Perhaps its time for an update, or perhaps a "tips and techniques" page on the Flounder Bay site? The instructions for getting to a competed, but bare, hull are great. Detail and patterns are fantastic. The numerous layers of fiberglass and epoxy are WAY overdone, adding weight and little usable strength (it is a rowing shell, after all, not a ski boat or a one-design). After that, though, the quality of instruction drops sharply. There is far too little guidance regarding fitting out - gunwales, seats, decks, etc. I got the sense that the authors rushed through the last few chapters - there are fewer photos, fewer suggestions for work methods, and fewer details on the potential problems. The basic trimming out details suggested in the book are crude - I didn't use a single suggestion or idea for my boat. That being said, I wouldn't have a Wherry myself unless the book had been written. The front cover photo alone was enough to keep me going! I recommend buying this book AND Canoecraft, then merging the two techniques. Canoecraft's photos and sketches of trim and details are inspirational and the bead-and-cove approach is superior. Together, they're all you need for a great and satisfying project.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well paced with great detail., October 26, 1999

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Terry Sturtevant ([e-mail]) (NY State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rip, Strip, & Row: A Builders Guide to the Cosine Wherry (Paperback)

I am currently in the middle of my Wherry. J.D. Brown's description of the boat and the building techniques are informative and slightly humoruos. It has been a big project, but one that any handyman motivated by rowing his own hand made craft can handle. Great photo illustrations.