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Building Small Boats | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Rossel
Publisher: Wooden Boat Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 99875
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0937822507
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.844
EAN: 9780937822500
ASIN: 0937822507
Publication Date: December 15, 1998
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This book is destined to become the text of plank-on-frame and lapstrake boat construction. A straight-forward approach in lively text, with hundreds of drawings, and photographs that drive home the lessons.
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 An essential reference - Building Small Boats February 22, 2008
Building Small Boats
'Building Small Boats' by Roessel is an excellent overview and essential reference for anyone interested in the tools, materials and techniques of building traditional small watercraft. There is plenty of practical advice and great descriptions here to get started. Other books on specific topics such as adhesives and lofting may be desired for additional detail but this one would be the first I would pick up. Consider this book the foundation of a small library on traditional boatbuilding. Excellent investment.
 Not what I was looking for... May 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book in the hopes of learning how to loft a boat I want to build. Unfortunately, the author wrote the book for people who already have a broad knowledge of boat building and its terms. The author uses terms that he nether defines nor provides in his glossary. It was very disappointing and I found several other books more useful and less expensive.
Greg Rossel's "Building Small Boats" October 24, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the "must have" guide for all builders of small wooden boats.Tools,materials,plans and construction techniques- all are covered in an easy to read style.There is value for the novice and professional alike.A terrific book!
Building Small Boats September 27, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is, quite simply, the most useable and useful book for small boat building which is out there. A legendary teacher at the WoodenBoat School, Greg Rossel uses his years of experience to take the reader through the whole process of constructing a wooden boat. The chapter on lofting alone is worth the price of the whole book. One might consider Chapelle's "Boatbuilding" to be Old Testament: accurate, certainly, but with many references which today the reader would find archaic. Rossel, however, is decidedly New Testament. He is a cheerful, witty, and knowlegeable companion who takes you from selecting a set of plans to finishing the brightwork. Highly recommended.
Gordon H.Hafner
The master of boatbuilding books May 24, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I loved the clear way the author explains the process of building wooden boats. His pictures were fantastic. His sailboat is beautiful. The only thing that threw me at first was the chapter on lofting, (drawing out the boat parts full scale on paper from grid measurements). I suggested to the author that he revise that chapter a little for novices like me, he may not need to do so. A reader might read one of the other authors' chapter on lofting to further understand the process, which I did.
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