Gavin Atkin

Ultrasimple Boat Building

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A how-to guide for building the generation of quick and easy boats. It shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats. It explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: International Marine Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 215mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780071477925
• ISBN-10: 0071477926
• Artikelnr.: 22540515

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Contents Introduction: The Virtues of Small and Simple Boats Part 1How
We'll Build Them1.Three Simple Ways to Build Ultrasimple Boats
The Simplified Chine Log Method
Stitch-and-Glue
Polyurethane Stitch and GlueEpoxy Stitch and Glue
Your Choice
2.Materials and Tools
Plywood
Buying Plywood
Lumber
Buying Lumber
Adhesives
EpoxyPolyurethane Glues
Paint and Varnish
Tools
3.Basic Skills
Working with Lumber
MarkingCuttingWorking with SawsJoining Lengths of Lumber
Working with Plywood panels
Marking out using coordinatesCutting the panelsMaking Butt Joints
Using Fasteners
Pre-drilling holes Working with hand drillsUsing hammers and driving
nailsUsing screwdrivers and driving screws(sidebar: Working with Chisels)
Working with Glues
Using polyurethane glue(sidebar: PL Hints from Bryant Owen)Using
Epoxy4.Building the Hull
Building with the Simplified Chine Log Method
Cleats for bulkheads and frames Cleats for the transomsAssembling the
Bulkheads, Transoms, and SidesAdding Chine logs
Building Stitch-and-Glue Style
Bulkheads and Frames Initial Assembly Taping versus "Stitching"Making
Fillets with polyurethaneMaking Fillets with epoxyCovering the hull
Adding a Skeg
Inwales, gunwales, breasthooks and quarter knees(sidebar: Home Made Clamps)
5.Finishing Your Boat
Painting
Painting with water-based paintPainting with oil-based paint
Varnishing
6.Fitting out and Rigging
Fittings
Paddling and rowing gear(sidebar: A Rowing Rant)
Sailing Gear
Daggerboards, leeboards, and ruddersSparsSailsRigging(sidebar: Knots)
Preventing rot
7.Model makingPart 2Let's Build Some Boats8.Minimouse and Micromouse: two
tiny, flat-bottom double-paddle prams
Hull
Decks
Seats
Les Brown's Micromouse
9.Lilypad: a stone-simple punt10.Mouse and Rowing Mouse: a V-bottomed
messabout pram for double-paddle or oars11.Cruising Mouse: a two-person
rowing or paddling pram with carrying capacity12.PoorBoy: a small outboard
skiff13.Dogsbody: a larger outboard boat14.Jiggity: an "ultrasimplified"
Auray punt15.Aurette: a small sailing Auray punt 16.Piragua: a
pirogue17.Cinderella: a double-paddle canoe with a "roundish"
bottom18.Flying Mouse: a child's sailing pramString Sailing19.Eek!: a
larger, sportier sailing pram for more experienced kids and small
adults20.Puddle Duck Racer: the world's simplest racing class?21.Summer
Breeze: a versatile rowing/sailing skiff
Using the Simplified Chine Log Method
Stem and transomFrameAssembling the SidesInstalling the Bottom
Using stitch and glue
Finishing the Hull
Rowing Accoutrements
Sailing Rig
22.Doris the Dory: a rowing and sailing expedition boat Part 3: What Shall
We Build Next?23.A gallery of appealing designs
Phil Bolger
TealHis 'n' Hers SchoonersMicro
Jim MichalakAF3AF4LadybugHarmonica
Murray Isles
Swallowdale 15Swan BayPepper Gal
John Welsford
HoudiniTread LightlyTrover
Jacques Mertens-Goosens
CK 17Otter 16Indian River Skiff
Conrad Natzio
Sandpiper
Oystercatcher