Boatbuilding with Aluminum: A Complete Guide for the Amateur and Small Shop

By Stephen F. Pollard

Make your boat dreams come true with aluminum Aluminum is the ideal boatbuilding material--light, economical, maintenance-free, and easy to work with. This second edition offers you everything you need to know about working with this material, from welding to fitting out and painting.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071443185
• ISBN13: 9780071443180
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Beginer baot builder

This book is full of facts. It also has good information for a beginer. I have learned a lot of useful information. this book is a great starting point for anyone that wants to build a alumanum boat. Have fun with it. I am.

Boatbuilding With Aluminum

This book is well written and informative. The information can be technical, so it is not for the casual reader. However, if you want to build an aluminum boat (or purchase one and understand the build process), you should read this book.

Boat Building Aluminium Pollard

Excellent book very helpful no obvious bias. Top section on the actual fabrication sequence.

Excellent reference for owner-builder

Steve Pollard does an excellent job of explaining how and why construction practices are recommended. And he writes with clarity and brevity.

Small shop boat building

This is the only book of it's kind that was actually written by a hands on boat builder. The easy to follow book is a must for the novice aluminum boat builder.