"Former Mystic Seaport Curator Ben Fuller has selected and annotated 87 boat plans from the Museum's collection, plus plans for oars and rigging, with the amateur builder in mind.
16 more traditional designs with additional chapters on balancing small boat rigs, suitability of strip planking for home builders.
Dozens of detailed drawings plus delightful descriptions and reminiscences of the boats and the people who loved them, the text accompanying each design centers on the background of each boat rather than on a technical study.
Every design he ever put on paper-more than 100 in all-is included in this book. The boats range from the "Good Little Skiffs" to the sturdy, ill-fated schooners Integrity and John F. Leavitt.
Maynard Bray was Director of Mystic Seaport's preservation shipyard when he compiled this catalog of 220 craft in the museum's collection. Each boat is described and illustrated, and valuable bibliographies...
Set the forward face line and punched rabbet line . Spline Joints To make a spline joint , you first cut a dado into each Before you cut the dadoes into your pieces , do a test piece , then make the spline that will connect the two . on ...
This book brings together the complete texts of Culler’s classic works Boats, Oars, and Rowing and Skiffs & Schooners, along with articles from The Mariner’s Catalogs and a selection of his timeless boat designs.
L. Francis Herreshoff created some great yacht designs.
Now in its fourth printing, this very popular book is a "how to" guide and an appreciation of traditional boatbuilding skills.
From the author of Yacht Designing and Planning and Boatbuilding: the definitive history and survey of the great classic American small sailing craft.