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Building Classic Small Craft : Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats | 
 enlarge | Author: John Gardner
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 50044
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 007142797X
Dewey Decimal Number: 623
UPC: 639785802808
EAN: 9780071427975
ASIN: 007142797X
Publication Date: August 12, 2003
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"John Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted."--WoodenBoat magazine "Deserves an honored place on the library shelf."--National Fisherman "Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boat shop."--Sea History This big, handsome legacy volume contains all the plans, measurements, and directions needed to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor.
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Smallcraft builders delight April 6, 2008
This book is a delight to read and understand. It covers many small craft and brings to life boats of old.
My next project will definitely be from this book.
Well written and informative yet a little disapointing November 13, 2007
- Author storytelling abilities are great so this book is a pleasure to read.
- there is a lot of valuable boatbuilding material inside, thou as it is contained within boat's construction notes, it's hard to extract. This book will not be a reference manual.
- Boat's construction methods are not so classic. There is a lot of plywood and epoxy.
- Selection of designs was rather unsatisfying for me. There are wonderful rowboat designs (peapods, whitehalls) but it lacks in sailboat area. If you are not sailboat maniac you will find interesting designs on all levels of difficulty, after all.
- The level of details vary from design to design. Some are very complete step by step guides, others only rough sketches.
- As the book is about small craft there is little information about heavier backbone member construction. But to tell the truth I haven't found any book that would be satisfying in this field.
- For me, notes at the end (boatbuilder's planes) were one of the most interesting and part of the whole volume (along with boat's and builder's histories).
Good, but old. August 6, 2007
Good book, you can see the author did understand a lot about, but the plans are old a little, and I don't understand very well the off sets system for mark and cut the planks. The boats looks like very weight to me too. I'd prefer the Chris Culczik system.
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Great Book! January 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book for who wants know about boat construction. It's easy to understand. I really recomend!
 Preserved Collection of Inspirational Designs September 4, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
John Gardner died in 1995, and left a legacy of preserving the designs of 19th century American small workboats and recreational craft. The designs are not for the beginner, and those looking for a how-to primer would be greatly served by reading "How to Build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats" by Hill and Brooks. But Gardner gives great inspiration on the type of boat that your would like to invest your scarce project hours into. Gardner took the care to measure the vestiges of classic small craft that were still observable during his lifetime, and wooden boat enthusiasts will appreciate this comprehensive effort.
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