Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy [Paperback]

Richard Kolin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

Captured here is wooden boat building at its best-a 12' skiff done in the traditoinal manner-solid planking,, copper clench nails, bronze fittings, three strand rope, the aroma of wood shavings turps and oils.Clear drawings also help.

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About the Author

Richard Kolin has been building boats for 25 years. He has designed and built skiffs for both plywood and plank construction.

Product Details

• Paperback: 85 pages
• Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093782240X
• ISBN-13: 978-0937822401
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,414,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars satisfying traditional boatbuilding by a practised craftman, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy (Paperback)

woodworkers who admire wooden skiffs will enjoy the straight forward guidelines and procedures laid out by Richard Kolin. Ample diagrams and instructions lead you through the process of lapstrake construction of a 12 foot skiff that posesses satisfying curves and functional good looks that set it apart from other designs. The emphasis here is on wood planking with copper clenched nails rather than epoxy gluing and encapsulating techniques. The wood in wooden boatbuilding is emphasized. This is an excellent manual for a first time builder. The text is clean and focused, and behind it you feel assured there is a master boatbuilder with an even and sustained love of the craft. After construction of this little gem, you stand back and marvel at your floating furniture, amazed that it now has a life of its own. And you get further swept away in your romance with wood and wooden boats, realizing this is an activity that feeds your soul!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK, but that's it...., May 4, 2009

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T. furlong "Joe the plumber" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy (Paperback)

Nice little boat but very little little info in this book that cannot be found for free online. It is a basic boat without anything that would require someone to actually purchase the book (like I did) to build it. Many similar plans for basic boats such as this can be found for free online. It's not a bad reference book if you are truly a novice or collector, but nothing here will satisfy the intermediate or advanced craftsman.