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The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding: From Lofting to Launching | 
 enlarge | Author: Reuel Parker
Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 160292
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0937822892
EAN: 9780937822890
ASIN: 0937822892
Publication Date: October 2005
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Product Description
Out of print for the last few years, this book is being brought back to life by WoodenBoat Books, to fill a void in the marketplace on this technology, which combines the strength, beauty, and workability of wood with the low-maintenance characteristics of epoxy. The reader will indeed understand how this building method is ideally suited for the amateur builder wanting a good solid cruising boat.
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 Boatbuilding 201 April 9, 2008
Excellent technical information.
Well illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Analytical in organization, construction topics with invaluable index.
Directed at a slightly larger construction than average.
Terminology only slightly salty, but a good sailing vocabulary (or dictionary) will help.
The idea of cold-molding a boat (using thinner woods laminated with epoxy or polyester and a glass or synthetic cloth) has intrigued me for more than 30 years now. A lot has changed for the better in that time.
The method allows someone with average woodworking skills and a nominal disdain for the dangers of chemical coatings to create a boat that can provide generations of pleasure without the continuing demands a wooden boat makes on time and wallet. This is not to say that such cold molded boats are maintenance free, nor inexpensive however!
While much of Mr. Parker's book is related to the construction of a large (44 feet) boat, the information is invaluable regardless of boat size. It seems likely he would recommend something a bit smaller for your first attempt, but I got the feeling (I'm fighting the urge still) that even I could build that cruiser and head for the Caribbean.
The technical information alone, replete with careful practical and experiential considerations, makes the volume well worth adding to your bookshelf if you are planning on making, rather than buying, a boat, or if you just enjoy the pleasures of fleshing out your dreams with a significant bit of knowledge and an understanding of craftsmanship.
If you are serious about wooden boats, whether to dream of or build, I would put this on the shelf together with titles by John Gardner, Samuel Devlin, Iain Oughtred and John Brooks & Ruth Ann Hill.
 one of two you must have January 29, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm a 66 y.o. retiree, working solo, in my second year of building a 34' schooner. I've never built a boat. There is only good news: it's a step-by-step process, the steps are small but many, the harder ones will yield to thinking. DO IT! - you won't regret it. Mr. Parker's book is invaluable, and densely packed with good advice on every page. Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding also highly recommended (for attitude adjustment), and the west system/Gougeon brothers' one also. A sailboat may be the most beautiful object that ordinary men have ever achieved. Or extraordinary ones, for that matter. Good luck! The big Festool "Rotex" sander, a makita battery-powered impact driver, epoxy and a bosch power hand planer will be your friends for life - money well spent.
stephen sittler
Good general view June 26, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well writen, but when trying to relate all the topics of building a boat they turn out to be treated very quickly. Even so a very good boock for a general picture.
Great Book March 9, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the first book to read for anyone wanting to build a boat. It adds new technology to past proven methods, a must for anyone wanting to build a realiable and seaworthy boat. Even top designers refer to Reul's knowledge and expierence.
Jim Kessler
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