Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy: A 12 Foot Skiff for Oar and Sail

By Richard Kolin

Book Overview

Richard Kolin has been building boats for 25 years. He has designed and built skiffs for both plywood and plank construction. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093782240X
• ISBN13: 9780937822401
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Wooden Boat Pub
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

satisfying traditional boatbuilding by a practised craftman

woodworkers who admire wooden skiffs will enjoy the straight forward guidelines and procedures laid out by Richard Kolin. Ample diagrams and instructions lead you through the process of lapstrake construction of a 12 foot skiff that posesses satisfying curves and functional good looks that set it apart from other designs. The emphasis here is on wood planking with copper clenched nails rather than epoxy gluing and encapsulating techniques. The wood in wooden boatbuilding is emphasized. This is an excellent manual for a first time builder. The text is clean and focused, and behind it you feel assured there is a master boatbuilder with an even and sustained love of the craft. After construction of this little gem, you stand back and marvel at your floating furniture, amazed that it now has a life of its own. And you get further swept away in your romance with wood and wooden boats, realizing this is an activity that feeds your soul!