How to Build a Wooden Boat

Everything you need to know to construct a carvel planked cruising boat with no more than a set of plans, a pile of lumber, and determination. Written and illustrated by experienced boatbuilders, this book covers the entire process, from lofting to finishing out. Setting up molds, lining off, ribbands, steaming and fitting frames, planking, pouring the keel, bulkheads and floorboards, decks, rudders, spars -- the works. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.