You'll enjoy this? part story, part boatbuilding manual of a small, beetle-cat-like boat, from a legendary designer with probably more of his creations built than any other person. You'll find out t only how the boat is built, but also how the design came to be from someone with a (long!) lifetime of fooling around with boats. As told from Toad's Landing, on an island off British Columbia, it becomes quite apparent that whimsy and fun are t limited to young boys and girls. The first thing you may tice about Tom Cat is the handsome cuddy. The next thing to realize is she is constructed with a combination of the traditional-plank-on-frame (carvel) and modern-epoxy for the seams. The result is a rugged boat which doesn't require the swelling of planks, or the recaulking of seams in the years to come. If you are just too pure a traditionalist for epoxy, of course you can plank and caulk.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wooden Boat Publications
ISBN-10
0937822787
ISBN-13
9780937822784
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184649782
Product Key Features
Author
William Garden
Format
Unsewn / Adhesive Bound,PAPER over Boards, Hardback