Lofting [Paperback]

Allan H. Vaitses (Author)

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Product Description

Lofting is the process of drawing lines of a boat full-size, to get the shpaes and patterns needed for building. An experienced builder leads you through the process so you too can build your dream.

About the Author

Allan Vaitses is an able and versatile builder, having a marvelous ability to devise solutions for the dilemmas that arise in boatbuilding.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937822558
• ISBN-13: 978-0937822555
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #266,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best on this subject, October 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lofting (Paperback)

Lofting -- the process of transferring the information on paper plan to the real thing, is the one of most confusing and intimidating aspects of boatbuilding. This book sets out to explain it in some detail. Unfortunately the the author gets sidetracked by details and in trying to include all aspects of lofting glosses over some of the fundamentals. It was helpful to me since I had learned the basics from other books, but if you want to learn lofting with no prior knowledge this is not the book for you. There was no discussion of planking and spiling (what I was looking for). The illustrations are helpful, but there could be more. It is not spiral bound as described -- it is a conventially bound paperback which doesn't like to stay open.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book badly needs a glossary, May 6, 2009

By	S. Florman "Historical songster" (Andover, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lofting (Paperback)

I'm certain that a knowledgeable structural or mechanical engineer would find this book accessible and helpful. As a novice boatbuilder whose experience is limited to cedar-strip canoes, I found it completely baffling in both important senses. It did not explain to me how to transfer a boat plan to a form, and it did not explain how to construct the boat. Mostl;y, this is due to my unfamiliarity with the technical language and/or the fact that the author makes some pretty broad assumptions about the knowledge the reader has coming into the book.

This is NOT a book for the novice boat-builder.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Hard Read, November 3, 2008

By	Samson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lofting (Paperback)

If you know nothing about boat building and lofting when you pick this up, it will be a very hard read. I went to school for Mechanical Engineering about a million years ago, knew nothing about boats, and gave up figuring out lofting from this book. The author assumes you know a lot about the subject up front. I read 98% of my technical book purchases from cover to cover. This one was one of the 2%.