Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding

George Buehler 지음

McGraw-Hill 1991년 01월 05일 출간

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Everybody has the dream: Build a boat in the backyard and sail off to join the happy campers off Pogo Pogo, right? But how? Assuming you aren't independently wealthy, if you want a boat that's really you, you gotta build it yourself.

Backyard boatbuilding has its problems. Building in fiberglass is itchy, smelly, and yields a product that yachting maven L. Francis Herreshoff once called "frozen snot." Ferrocement, once all the rage, has pretty much sunk from favor, if you catch the drift. But there's still wood, right? Ah, wood. Nature's perfect material. You can build in the time-honored traditions of the Golden Age of Yachting, loving crafting intricate joints in rare tropical hardwoods, steaming swamp oak butts to sinuous shapes, holding the whole thing together with nonferrous fastenings that cost a buck or better each. Does that sound like boatbuilding for everyperson?

What about the currently fashionable wood/epoxy boatbuilding? You butter regular old wood with Miracle Whip, stick it together in the shape of a boat, and off you go, right? Epoxy works, but They don't exactly give it away; nor is it exactly a benign substance. Suiting up like Homer Simpson heading for a fun-filled day at the nuclear power plant isn't exactly the aesthetic boatbuilding experience many of us are looking for.

Where does that leave us? In the capable hands of George Buehler, who honors the timeless traditions of the sea all right, but those from the other side of the boatyard tracks. Buehler draws his inspiration from centuries of workboat construction, where semiskilled fishermen built rugged, economical boats from everyday materials in their own backyards, and went to sea in them in all kinds of weather, not just when it was pleasant.

Buehler's boats sail on every ocean and perform every task, from long-term liveaboards in Norwegian fjords to a traveling doctor's office in Alaska. This book contains complete plans for seven cruising boats--from a

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Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Things to Think About When Choosing a Boat to Build

2. Setting Up Shop

3. Materials

4. Lofting

5. Keels and Ballast

6. Framing Up

7. Planking

8. Decks

9. Bolt-Ons: Rails, Chainplates, Posts, Sprits, and Bulwarks

10. Hatches and Houses

11. Mechanical Stuff

12. Interiors

13. More Bolt-Ons: Coamings, Rails, Companionways, and Rudders

14. The Finish: Paints, Varnish, and Oils

15. The Launch

16. The Rig

Appendix A. Outfitting

Appendix B. Boat Plans

Appendix C. Suggested Reading

Index

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저자(글) George Buehler