Boat Building

John Brooks,Ruth Ann Hill   This glued-lapstrake mahogany plywood construction is highly desirable, giving you a strong and low maintenance boat. An excellent teacher, Brooks' attention to... [read more]

Howard I. Chapelle   Here's an intersting title written by Howard Chapelle, the nation's first and foremost historian, and it is an historical and anthropological look... [read more]

Fred P. Bingham   Boats have few straight lines, which makes building and equipping them a woodworking challenge. This handbook explains what to do. Includes shop... [read more]

Royal Lowell,Maynard Bray   This well-illustrated book includes lines for several boats (no offsets) including a 36-foot lobsterboat, a 32-foot sport cruiser, and a 26-foot sport... [read more]

Howard I. Chapelle,Jonathon Wilson   A practical handbook and boatshop assistant, designed and written to meet the needs of the builder, this manual covers the complete process... [read more]

Philip C. Bolger   Some of Bolger's boats are lovely, and some are painfully ugly, but all are intriguing. This book collects 75 of his inimitable... [read more]

John Gardner   This commemorative edition offers plans and instructions for building 47 beautiful, functional, wooden boats for oar, motor, or sail-- more than a... [read more]

Greg Rossel   Here's a book on traditional small wooden boat construction that makes the whole process seem simple. And it's not really that hard--... [read more]

Samual Devlin,Sam Devlin   The author maintains that stitch-and-glue construction can produce the same results as traditional plank-on-frame and cold-molded boatbuilding, but with a substantial savings... [read more]

Allan H. Vaitses   Lofting-- enlarging a boat's plans to full size-- is an essential step in the process of building a boat. It can also... [read more]

Peter H. Spectre,Wooden Boat Magazine   No matter the standard of finish-- utilitarian through show quality and anything in between-- the key to a successful marine finish is... [read more]

Edwin B. Leaf   Unlike building a model from a kit, where everything is figured out for you, scratchbuilding makes you the master of your model.... [read more]

Benjamin Mendlowitz,Maynard Bray   Benjamin Mendlowitz is the great yacht photographer of our time. His photos are always stunningly lit and artfully composed. Add to that... [read more]

Benjamin Mendlowitz,Maynard Bray   Another ninety wooden yachts photographed around the world by Benjamin Mendlowitz, with text by noted boat historian Maynard Bray. Beautiful images of... [read more]

Max Burns   Okay, so it isn't a boatbuilding book, but a dock is often an essential for boaters. Here you'll learn how to design,... [read more]

Harold Payson   Choose to build a Banks dory, a Friendship dory, or a Friendship dory skiff-- they're all every bit as realistic as the... [read more]

Reuel B. Parker   This is an inspiring and enlightening book about a uniquely American boat written by a true aficionado. It offers an excellent appreciation... [read more]

Charles G. Davis   An invaluable guide that offers detailed descriptions, drawings of masting, rigging and major fittings of American clippers and packets. This book also... [read more]

Richard Kolin   This book was written to take the first-time builder step by step through the building of Heidi, a traditional 12-foot skiff designed... [read more]

Benjamin Mendlowitz,Joel White   A celebration of the beauty of the wooden boat and the diversity of the woodenboat tradition. Twenty-four wooden boats are featured in... [read more]

Peter, H. Spectre,Woodenboat Publications   More than a dozen craftsmen show, in step-by-step fashion, how to make all kinds of necessities and luxuries for your boat and... [read more]

Garth Graves   A clearly illustrated guide to doing woodwork on your boat will take you, step-by-step through weekend projects like these: constructing rails, coamings,... [read more]

Harold H. Payson   The eleven "instant" boats discussed in this book require only modest tools and skills. In fact, if you can saw a penciled... [read more]

et al.,George B. Douglas and Joseph T. Higgins   Clearly written text, detailed illustrations, and full-size working plans provide novices and experienced model builders with all the information they need to... [read more]

Barry Thomas   The Mystic Seaport boat builder explains how he applied the experience of a Herreshoff ex-employee to the construction of a replica 11.5-ft... [read more]

Don Casey   An expert boat restorer takes on the issue of canvas and all its uses aboard. With just a home sewing machine, and... [read more]

John Gardner   This is the third of Gardner's boatbuilding books. While it offers plenty of practical infomation on building 16 boat designs, the technical... [read more]

Russell Conder   Water-loving people of modest means have lived aboard houseboats for centuries. With the help of this book you can join their ranks.... [read more]

David Stimson   This is not a very big book but it's packed with information to build this great looking 19'6" Strip Built Skiff. Each... [read more]

Don Danenberg,Jim Wangard   This book is the first complete wooden runaboat how-to guide. Breathe life back into your classic wooden runabout with expert tips from... [read more]

Jay S. Hanna   This is a guide to confidently carving a variety of decorative items for both boat and home-- carve sternboards, billetheads, trailboards, eagles,... [read more]

John Gardner   Written just before his death in 1995, this book adds construction plans for 15 more boats to Gardner's legacy. Though smaller boats... [read more]

Here's a basic reference text from the editors at Popular Woodworking. Filled with tips and... [read more]

Where to put all of your accumulated stuff? Build some of these stand-alone and built-in... [read more]

More than three dozen lovely box projects from Wood Magazine that incorporate a variety of... [read more]

In the dark about designing appropriate lighting for your home? Here's a newly revised design... [read more]