The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding: From Lofting to Launching - Softcover

Parker, Reuel B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007048578X ISBN 13: 9780070485785

Publisher: Tab Books, 1992

Synopsis

This cold-molded boatbuilding technique produces a frameless hull with a thick, puncture-resistant skin made of inexpensive plywood encapsulated in epoxy resin. Thirty-three chapters cover in detail everything from choosing design to rigging, canvas work, and launching. Appendies show how to adapt existing designs for cold-molded building and where to find materials and supplies.

About this title

About the Author

Reuel B. Parker has spent a lifetime building, repairing, restoring, designing, and cruising in sail- and powerboats. Author of "The New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding" (International Marine, 1990) and of numerous articles for "WoodenBoat" and "Boatbuilder" magazines, he has been a devotee of sharpies since his childhood on the shores of Long Island Sound. He is currently putting the finishing touches on a 60-foot Virginia pilot schooner; he plans to move his design business aboard and go cruising.

Review

"For the do-it-yourselfer backyard builder who dreams of cruising in his own boat and can't begin to afford a custom-built vessel. This book really does explain how you can do it... Parker's approach is so down-to-earth, one feels one can trust him. When he says something works, you can believe it. This is truly an excellent book about a valuable building technique." -- Ash Breeze

"It is a most informative volume which will be consulted on my next design project for a wooden boat." -- The Planimeter, Society of Small Craft Designers

"Will keep the backyard builder's feet firmly on the ground while inspiring the kind of enthusiasm needed to carry a major project to completion." -- WoodenBoat

Edition details

• Publisher: Tab Books
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007048578X
• ISBN 13: 9780070485785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336