RE: [bolger] Short list of Boat Books

Six copies on Alibris starting at $49.95 up to $79.95. I'm keeping mine for
investment purposes, although I must confess I've reaped many times those
sums in noodling over PCB's work in the book. Annie's book is my wife's
favorite; every time she rereads it and gets that dreamy look in her eye, I
know she's calculating that we could afford to cruise like Annie and Pete if
I was a wee bit more frugal..

David Romasco

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Hallman [mailto:bruce@...]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:03 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [bolger] Short list of Boat Books

--- Hugo Tyson wrote:

> I'd love to get hold
> of his first book "Small Boats",
> I've never seen it
> or many of the designs in it.

Small Boats is one of my favorites!

There are twelve copies of
_Small Boats_ currently for
sale from used book dealers
starting at $35 at:

http://www.abebooks.com/

Another favorite book, for
shear 'day dream' enjoyment,
is _Voyaging on a Small Income_
by Annie Hill. She is a fan
of the Bolger Tortoise, and
includes the plans in the book.

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--- Hugo Tyson wrote:

> I'd love to get hold
> of his first book "Small Boats",
> I've never seen it
> or many of the designs in it.

David Romasco <dromasco@...> wrote:
I would certainly add the Gougeon brothers¡Ç excellent book on boatbuilding
with epoxy (hey, if THEY don¡Çt know epoxy, who does?), all of John
Gardner¡Çs books, Karl Stambaugh¡Çs ¡ÆGood Skiffs¡Ç, John Welsford¡Çs
¡ÆBackyard Boatbuilder¡Ç (not to be confused with George Beuhler¡Çs book
¡ÈBeuhler¡Çs Backyard Boatbuilding¡Ç which I also highly recommend).
Anything by Thomas Firth Jones or Sam Devlin is well worth reading also, as
well as Reuel Parkers book on sharpies. Maybe a book on building bookshelves
might be in order at this point, too¡Ä¡Ä

David Romasco

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Hallman [mailto:bruce@...]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:35 AM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Short list of Boat Books.

--- Bob Johnson wrote:

> book _Boatbuilding in Your Own
> Backyard_, by S. S. Rabl.
>
> By the way, this book is on
> my short list of books that all
> boatbuilders should have.

Please tell us of the other books
on your short list...

I would include:

All the Bolger Books and:

L.F. Herreshoff's; _The Compleat Cruiser_
H.H. Payson's: _Instant Boats_ & _New Instant Boats_

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Have you forgotten William Garden's Boat Books to dream over some wonderful designs like "Privateer","Sandlark" and "Grime" for example and maybe some Howard I Chapelle also.Bolger of course is #1 for sheer diversity,buildability,practicality,cost and number of designs he's done.He's very honest too about them and tells you if something doesn't perfrom as expected or has some faults!!! I'd love to get hold of his first book "Small Boats",I've never seen it or many of the designs in it.I've got access to all his other Books(apart from his novel) and have heard rumours via internet that he's got a couple of new Boat design books in the works!!.I wonder if this is true?.I hope so.Can't wait to see them if this is fact!.Anyone know for sure? -apart from Bolger himself!!
Maybe Bruce Hector's excess TIMs units could suffice for extra bookshelves with some modifications(The ones that tried to sink!!!!)or one could epoxy saturate some used cartons of Maudite to form stackable Bookshelf/shevling/storage units.I believe there's plenty about in Kingston,especially after last weekend!!!(Only joking)
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I would certainly add the Gougeon brothers’ excellent book on boatbuilding
with epoxy (hey, if THEY don’t know epoxy, who does?), all of John
Gardner’s books, Karl Stambaugh’s ‘Good Skiffs’, John Welsford’s
‘Backyard Boatbuilder’ (not to be confused with George Beuhler’s book
“Beuhler’s Backyard Boatbuilding’ which I also highly recommend).
Anything by Thomas Firth Jones or Sam Devlin is well worth reading also, as
well as Reuel Parkers book on sharpies. Maybe a book on building bookshelves
might be in order at this point, too……

David Romasco

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Hallman [mailto:bruce@...]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:35 AM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Short list of Boat Books.

--- Bob Johnson wrote:

> book _Boatbuilding in Your Own
> Backyard_, by S. S. Rabl.
>
> By the way, this book is on
> my short list of books that all
> boatbuilders should have.

--- Bob Johnson wrote:

> book _Boatbuilding in Your Own
> Backyard_, by S. S. Rabl.
>
> By the way, this book is on
> my short list of books that all
> boatbuilders should have.

Please tell us of the other books
on your short list...

I would include:

All the Bolger Books and:

L.F. Herreshoff's; _The Compleat Cruiser_
H.H. Payson's: _Instant Boats_ & _New Instant Boats_

On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 02:17 PM, "Mike Walsh"
<micwal_va@...> wrote:

> Subject: Chebacco questions
>
> Has anyone built a strip plank version of a Chebacco?
>
> With the 25' version for lapstrake, does Bolger include form
> dimensions or does he just provide offsets?
>
> I love the lines of this boat and think that a strip plank version
> will be almost as good looking as the lapstrake without as much grief
> as spiling and making all the planks for the lapstrake version.
>
>
>http://www.cmdboats.com/mbirdk.htm
>
> I am also thinking about the above and stretching it 2 feet.
>
>

Mike,

The Meadowbird design, if I recall correctly, is an adaptation of Sam
Rabl's Titmouse design, for which the complete plans are shown in the
book _Boatbuilding in Your Own Backyard_, by S. S. Rabl. If you are
going to modify the design anyway, you may find that all you need is in
the book.

By the way, this book is on my short list of books that all
boatbuilders should have.

Bob