Practical Wooden Boat Building

Reprint of the famous original (first issued in 1901).

Intended for use by both amateurs and professionals, this book offers instructions on boat building. The author provides information on new products and their a

After a successful career in centreboard racing dinghies, Ian Oughtred became one of the leading lights of the British wooden boat revival, designing, building

The skill necessary to build a boat of some form which will be serviceable and pleasurable is possessed by few amateurs, and as boats and canoes are now so exte

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing th

"This book represents Patterson's effort to help amateur builders become "fair workmen" by guiding them succinctly through the basics of boatbuilding lore, from

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing the

Part ode to building something with one’s hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story