Details of Classic Boat Construction

by Pardey, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780964603684
• ISBN10: 0964603683
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Pardey Books

Summary

This impressive book shows the process of constructing a boat hull with extensive photographs and drawings and includes ample time-saving procedures. Larry Pardey is accepted as one of the master craftsman of the wooden-boat building world. He and his wife, Lin, have built two, strong, handsome boats an sailed twice around the world in them. This book will help you to save money, time, and energy while creating the boat of your dreams. This book will also guide you with the right tools and equipment, planning and detailing as well as how to create and make your own tools. Guides to repairing and maintaining your boat are included as well. A world of useful information is contained in just these 500 pages.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(4)
Lofting	15	(10)
Cutting the Backbone Timbers	25	(22)
Assembling the Backbone Timbers	47	(18)
Shaping the Backbone and Cutting the Rabbet	65	(12)
Floor Timbers	77	(14)
Picking Up Patterns, Planking Deductions, and Frame Bevels	91	(13)
Framing the Hull	104	(24)
Horning In the Frames and Laying On the Ribbands	128	(8)
The Fashion Timbers	136	(9)
Fastening the Bronze Floors in Place	145	(4)
Bilge Stringers	149	(7)
Stopwaters	156	(3)
The Ballast Keel	159	(18)
The Mast Step	177	(6)
Bulkheads	183	(10)
Lining Out	193	(12)
Planking	205	(85)
Caulking	290	(13)
Finishing the Hull	303	(21)
Deck Framing	324	(44)
Planking the Transom	368	(23)
Building the Rudder	391	(23)
Boatbuilding Tools	414	(15)
Appendix A: Boatbuilding Woods	429	(7)
Appendix B: Yacht-Construction Rules	436	(51)
Appendix C: Superior Adhesives for the Millennium	487	(21)
Choosing Adhesives	498	(10)
References	508	(3)
Index	511	(16)
Bibliography	527