Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson 15 Instant Boats for Power, Sail, Oar, and Paddle

by Payson, Harold

• ISBN13: 9780071472647
• ISBN10: 0071472649
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780071743563
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

Payson is well known and admired on the amateur boatbuilding sceneThe author's prior International Marine boatbuilding title has sold more than 30,000 copies to dateBuilding instructions feature step-by-step photos for all key procedures

Author Biography

Harold H. "Dynamite" Payson, with Phil Bolger, has opened up the craft of boatbuilding to tens of thousands of hobbyists and spawned hundreds of new designs, while writing nine books on boatbuilding and boat modeling.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Plywood Boats	p. ix
About This Book	p. xi
Instant Boat Basics
Questions, Answers, and Figuring Things Out	p. 2
Which Boat Should I Build?	p. 2
Where Do I Start?	p. 3
Materials for Instant Boatbuilding	p. 7
Plywood	p. 7
Boat Lumber	p. 8
Fastenings	p. 9
Glues	p. 9
Paints and Painting	p. 12
Flotation	p. 13
Tools	p. 14
Power Tools	p. 14
Sanding Tools	p. 15
Buying Good Power Tools	p. 16
Hand Tools	p. 17
Buying Used Tools	p. 20
Boat Plans and Building Procedures	p. 23
Understanding Instant Boat Plans	p. 23
Building from Plans	p. 24
Laying Out the Side Panels	p. 24
Butt-Joining the Panels	p. 25
Scarfing Plywood	p. 27
Setting Up	p. 29
Putting the Long Seams Together	p. 30
Sheathing the Boat with Fiberglass	p. 31
Instant Boats Step by Step
Building Boat Models	p. 34
Model-Making Tools	p. 34
Glues for Model Making	p. 35
Model-Making Wood	p. 35
The Plans	p. 36
The Scale of the Model	p. 36
Side Panels	p. 37
Bilge Panels, Bottom, and Transom	p. 37
Stem	p. 38
Frames	p. 38
Assembling the Hull	p. 39
Fitting the Bottom Panel and Stem	p. 39
Fitting the Bilge Panels	p. 40
Floor Platform and Seats	p. 41
False Stem	p. 41
Gunwales	p. 41
Skeg	p. 42
Foot Stretchers, Breast Hook, and Quarter Knees	p. 42
Finishing the Hull	p. 42
Scribing the Waterline	p. 42
Payson's Pirogue (13'0")	p. 44
Cartopper (11'6")	p. 49
Sweet Pea (15'0")	p. 73
More Boats to Build
Dinghies
Ruben's Nymph (7'9")	p. 96
Big Tortoise (8'0")	p. 101
Auray Punt (9'9")	p. 105
Rowboats
Fisherman's Skiff (12'0")	p. 109
Stretched Dory (19'6")	p. 115
Motorboats
Sea Hawk (15'6")	p. 120
Diablo Grande (18'0")	p. 128
18' Clamskiff	p. 134
15'6" Clamskiff	p. 143
Sneakeasy (26'6")	p. 149
Sailboats
Catfish (15'1 [fraction 12]")	p. 153
Chebacco (19'8")	p. 162
Appurtenances
Building Oars	p. 173
Moorings	p. 178
Resources	p. 184
Glossary	p. 186
Index	p. 191
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