Wooden Boats to Build & Use (Maritime) [Paperback]

John Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1970 | Series: Maritime

Background essays and complete building plans for 16 boats. Also included are discussions of half models, taking off lines, building techniques, and an essay on the future of wooden boats.

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John Gardner began his boatbuilding career in 1940 at Graves Boatyard in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He became a leading advocate and teacher of building small wooden boats and wrote more than 850 articles on small boats that appeared in "National Fisherman," "WoodenBoat," "Boating," and "Yachting," among others. He died in 1995.

Product Details

• Paperback: 261 pages
• Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum; 1St Edition edition (January 1, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913372781
• ISBN-13: 978-0913372784
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another classic from John Gardner, January 3, 2007

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This review is from: Wooden Boats to Build & Use (Maritime) (Paperback)

I enjoyed John Gardner's Classic Boat Building book so much I ordered this one. It starts where Classic left off with more boats. A couple are repeats like the Gunning Dory but he gives more info and offers a 16ft version. The cabin cruisers are interesting. I especially enjoyed reading about the 27ft 4 oared Gig, a very unusual boat which can be rowed up to 10 mph and still handle some chop. It's a good read but it's hard to beat his Classic book. John Gardner is Father of the wooden boat revival and his opinion is highly respected.