ultralight Canoes And Small Boats Are Things Of Beauty, Their Apparent Delicacy Concealing Great Strength. They Are Lapstrake-constructed From Marine Plywood Planks, Each Plank Overlapping The One Below It In A Gracefully Curved Hull. Epoxy Glue Along The Laps Gives The Hull Structural Reinforcement, Minimizing The Need For Framing And Permitting An Amazingly Light Structure. Round-bilged And Elegant, They Are Built Over Jigs, But The Method Is Straightforward And Not Time Consuming. You Can Build A Boat That Will Give You Fun And Satisfaction, One You Can Be Proud Of, In A Winter Of Leisurely Weekends. No Fancy Tools Are Needed, And Care And Patience Will Make Up Whatever You Lack In Woodworking Skills. all The Information You Need Is Here. Tom Hill, The Chief Proponent Of Ultralight Boatbuilding And Its Leading Practitioner, Describes The Method From Start To Finish Using A Skiff And Canoe As Examples. In The Appendix Is A Gallery Of Ultralight Designs, All But One Of Which You Can Build Without Lofting. If You Want More Flexibility, However, You Can Adapt Almost Any Lapstrake Small-boat Design, Traditional Or Modern, To The Ultralight Method. With Some Lofting (directions For Which Are Given) You May Then Build A Wide Range Of Boats Whose Offsets Are Available. And You May Adjust Planking Thickness And Scantlings To Give Your Boat Extremely Light Weight With Normal Strength, Or Moderate Weight With Great Strength. particularly If You Lack An Extensively Equipped Workshop And Professional Skills, ultralight Boatbuilding Will Unlock Exciting Possibilities You Considered Out Of Reach.
woodenboat &'grave;crammed Full Of Work-saving Techniques. . .the Boatbuilding Skills Presented Are All Tried And True, But Seldom Presented This Clearly.''

Hill, Thomas J., 1955-; Stetson, Fred, 1943-

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Camden, Me.: International Marine Pub. Co.

International Marine Publishing Company

McGraw-Hill School Education Group

Irwin Professional Publishing

Mcgraw-Hill Co, Inc

Oracle Press

Place of publication not identified, 1987

United States, United States of America

7th Printing, 1987-11-01

Camden, Me, Maine, 1987

Camden, Me, c1987

1, US, 1987

obscured text leaf 2
page 77 tight binding

Includes index.
Cover sub-title: how you can build light, elegant, and simple boats and canoes using plywood and epoxy.

"A You-don't-have-to-be-an-expert book"--Cover.
Includes index.

Ultralight canoes and small boats are things of beauty, their apparent delicacy concealing great strength. They are lapstrake-constructed from marine plywood planks, each plank overlapping the one below it in a gracefully curved hull. Epoxy glue along the laps gives the hull structural reinforcement, minimizing the need for framing and permitting an amazingly light structure. Round-bilged and elegant, they are built over jigs, but the method is straightforward and not time consuming. You can build a boat that will give you fun and satisfaction, one you can be proud of, in a winter of leisurely weekends. No fancy tools are needed, and care and patience will make up whatever you lack in woodworking skills. All the information you need is here. Tom Hill, the chief proponent of ultralight boatbuilding and its leading practitioner, describes the method from start to finish using a skiff and canoe as examples. In the appendix is a gallery of ultralight designs, all but one of which you can build without lofting. If you want more flexibility, however, you can adapt almost any lapstrake small-boat design, traditional or modern, to the ultralight method. With some lofting (directions for which are given) you may then build a wide range of boats whose offsets are available. And you may adjust planking thickness and scantlings to give your boat extremely light weight with normal strength, or moderate weight with great strength. Particularly if you lack an extensively equipped workshop and professional skills, Ultralight Boatbuilding will unlock exciting possibilities you considered out of reach.

Demonstrates each step in the construction of canoes and small boats, offers advice on tools, materials, and techniques, and explains how to expand naval architect drawings into full-scale plans.

How you can build light, elegant, and simple boats and canoes using plywood and epoxy. A you-don't-have-to-be-an-expert book!

134 pages : 28 cm
"A You-don't-have-to-be-an-expert book"--Cover
Includes index

2023-06-28