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The evolution of shipbuilding reflects the growth of civilization, people learned how to build a better ships as better construction methods were developed.
These books cover small boat construction, seamanship and other marine books.
The art of knot tying is covered with several excellent choices including many aspects
of marlinspike seamanship.
Nautical charts, whether paper or electronic, are your most fundamental navigational tool.
Using them to your best advantage requires a thorough understanding of the symbols and abbreviations and an awareness of the limits of accuracy in
positions and soundings. Additional books covering reading and understanding nautical chart reading and sea navigation are included.
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-Geoffrey Budworth / Paperback 160 pages / Published April 1999
This book describes over eighty ornamental and useful knots with easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations and color illustrations
throughout the process of tying each knot. Most knots serve useful purposes, but other serve as attractive decorations with appealing
shapes and interwoven designs and textures. Some of the different knots covered include lanyard knots, button knots and globe knots,
Turk's heads, mats and hitching, and chains and plaits.
A useful glossary explains the terms and techniques used with ropes, lines, and knot tying.
This book would be a good a companion to "The Ashley Book of Knots" in the library of any serious knot student.
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-Barbara Merry, John Darwin / Paperback 160 pages, 2nd Edition / Published February 2000
This comprehensive guide book is simply one of the best reference works for the working rope splicer and
professional rigger. This excellent book provides easy to follow instructions to to learn a new splice, review rusty skills,
and as a convenient compendium of splice history to settle any shipyard, boatyard, or construction site argument on how to
splice a specific configuration of rope. Also cover one the most difficult technique of rope work, that is making a proper end
termination. Perfect reference book for professional splicers!
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-David C. McIntosh, Samuel F. Manning (Illustrator) /Hardcover 255 pages / Published March 1988
This book is one of the best book around for understanding wooden boatbuilding. This book is very comprehensive and technical.
The author presents the process in a very understandable manner, for readers of any experience. The thoroughness and detail
of how this author covers every aspect of wooden boat building is worth reading for an understanding of boat construction.
The author uses a "Merrywing" boat as a model. Every aspect of the book relates a detailed description of methods and tools
he used on that particular boat, though he does generalize a bit in places. The first chapter presents an excellent explanation
of the lofting process. This requires the reader to make some level of abstraction to apply the information.
Not only does How to Build a Wooden Boat offer us one of the clearest explanations of building a traditional wooden boat ever
presented, it does so in a way filled with humor and lively anecdotes. Whenever you need a definitive answer on how to lay
out curved components, or design joints to shed water, or find an answer to any number of questions where the technology of
traditional wooden boats is concerned, give this book a try.
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-Edwin Monk / Paperback: 96 pages / Published February 1993
This excellent and concise manual by noted naval architect offers a portfolio of designs for 16 basic wooden
craft, including rowboats, sailboats, outboards, runabouts, and a hydroplane. Detailed illustrations and
instructions for amateur boat builders cover selecting a design, choosing and assembling building
materials, building and finishing. Includes 15 halftones and 49 line illustrations.
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-John Vigor / ISBN: / Paperback 256 pages / Published February 1994
The outstanding book is filled with helpful information from the introduction to the last page.
Covers many of the least understood rules as well as some of the more obvious rules of thumb that
apply too mariners.
The knowledge is dispensed with the witty sense of humor that would appeal to more than most
fisherman all the way to seasoned sailors.
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-Dave Gerr / Hardcover 352 pages / Published November/December 1999
This book is significant because of it's thoroughness it has become one the industry's standards.
This book details construction methods and recommended scantling dimensions for fiberglass, wood,
aluminum, steel, and composite hulls.
Acclaimed author and naval architect Dave Gerr created a unique system of easy-to-use scantling
rules and rules-of-thumb for calculating the necessary dimensions, or scantlings, of hulls, decks,
and other boat parts, whether built of fiberglass, wood, wood-epoxy composite, steel, or aluminum.
In addition to the rules themselves, this book covers in-depth, plain-English discussion of boatbuilding
materials, methods, and practices that will guide you through all aspects of boat construction.
Now you can avoid working through dense technical engineering manuals or tackling advanced
mathematics. The Elements of Boat Strength has all the formulas, tables, illustrations, and charts
you need to judge how heavy each piece of your boat should be in order to last and be safe. With
this book, an inexpensive scientific calculator, and a pad of paper, you'll be able to design and
specify all the components necessary to build a sound, long-lasting, rugged vessel.
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-Nigel Calder / Paperback 240 pages / Published August 2002
This comprehensive "How to Read a Nautical Chart" should be on every navigator's bookshelf, and
this easy to read and understand book on nautical charts should be required on all boats.
In 2000, the U.S. government ceased publication of Chart No. 1, the invaluable little book that
generations of mariners have consulted to make sense of the complex system of signs, symbols, and
graphic elements used in nautical charts. Now Chart No. 1 is not just reborn but expanded and
improved.
Arranged and edited by Nigel Calder, and containing four-color illustrations throughout, this reader
presents a number of original features that help readers make optimum use of the data found in Chart No. 1,
and including a more intuitive format, crucial background information, international chart symbol equivalents,
electronic chart symbology, and thorough explanations of the practical aspects of nautical chart reading.
This is a wonderful chart companion: an intriguing investigation of chart development combined with practical,
hands-on data on how to really put a chart to use.
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