boat building books

[skipperscouse]

hi,
anyone know of a good comprehensive book that covers all aspects of wooden boat building techniques ?
spar making, caulking, planking, etc.
especially restoration.
ta
pete

 

[grumpydog]

Flick through the back pages of this forum, and you'll find plenty of suggestions to the same question. "A Comlete Handbook of Wooden Boatbuilding" by Howard Chapelle is a consistent favourite, and from what I've seen of it (well illustrated, methodical, clear), deservedly so.

 

[grumpydog]

Here's a few more from a back issue of CB, which we pubslished (from the forum) when someone asked the same question:

Nigel Calder: Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual
RD Graham and Helen Tew: A Manual for Small Yachts
Eric Hisccock: Cruising Under Sail (early editions of)
KH Jurd and CJ Watts: Practical Yacht Construction
Ferenc Mate: Shipshape: The Art of Sailboat Maintenance
Ian Nicholson: Boat Data Book
Larry Pardey: Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull
John C Payne: The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible
John Scarlett: Wooden Boats: Restoration and Maintenance Manual
Michael Verney: The Complete Book of Yacht Care
Michael Verney: Practical Conversions and Yacht Repairs
Michael Verney: Complete Amateur Boatbuilding
JC Winters: Surveying and Restoring Classic Boats
Claud Worth: Yacht Cruising
James Yates: Boat Electronics

 

[Mirelle]

Yes, I think that just about covers it! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[skipperscouse]

thanks to all.i probably don't need one with you lot to hand !
i'm a carpenter and have worked on my own wooden boats for the last twenty years, i'm about to start up self employed but as i,ve only really worked on my own and friends boats,
i want to learn some more techniques.
i,m sure there must be some faster ways to do some of the jobs.
thanks again
pete

 

[jon]

For interior work I would recomend Boat Joinery & Cabinetmaking by Fred P Bingham

 

[Mirelle]

Watts and Jurd is the professional's "bible" for new building in wood, but repairs don't have a similar book. Certainly a lot of jobs can be done quicker. The only general observation I would make is that in working professionally the relationship between cost of materials and time changes - radically.

 

[angelcake]

The gougeon brothers book on boat construction is excellent and has been updated recently.