The Boatbuilder's Apprentice: The Ins and Outs of Building Lapstrake, Carvel, and Other Wooden Boats

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Find Your Ideal Boat to Build

Whether you are contemplating your first-ever boatbuilding project or trying to decide what design you'd like to build next, Greg Rossel can help. Here's a glimpse of what's inside this complete overview of wooden boatbuilding:

• How rowing, sailing, paddling, and powerboat designs perform, and how they compare in cost, time, and necessary skills for building
• How to choose the best boat and building method for your next project
• How to loft a hull, steam-bend frames, scarf a joint, cut a rabbet, laminate stems, and spile planks
• How to take the lines off an old classic whose plans have been lost
• How to make oars, spars, coamings, knees, gaff jaws, cleats, and more

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Introduction: Selecting a Small Boat to Build
• Methods of Hull Construction
• Setting Up Shop
• Building Techniques
• Boats to Build: Pulling Boats, Canoes, Kayaks, Dories, Sailboats, Powerboats
• Tables, Lists, and Technical Specs
• Resources
• Glossary
• Index

About the Author

Greg Rössel is the author of Building Small Boats, coauthor of Kayaks You Can Build, and a long-time contributor to WoodenBoat magazine.

The Boatbuilder's Apprentice: The Ins and Outs of Building Lapstrake, Carvel, and Other Wooden Boats