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Books & Publications
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 Woodcarving
Decorative Signs & Eagles
Carving, Finishing & Gold Leafing
by David Hassell
Softcover, 8½x11", 160 pages illustrated with line drawings, large-size fold-out plans, and over 400 photographs.
Price: $24.95 includes S&I US
Woodcarving is a is a beginner’s handbook for carving letters, basic decorative figures and signs. Carver David Hassell has made his living for years creating elegant carved wood signs and decorative carvings for boats and businesses. In this book, he gives the beginning carver the basics of getting started and teaches you the essential steps of carving letters and simple, elegant designs. He takes you step-by-easy-step through carving simple exercises to eight different nameboard designs, through carving letters both large and small, to three more complex eagles and on through finishing and gold leafing techniques. Large-sized patterns for each project are provided, as well as complete tool and equipment lists.
To Order Call 570-868-2628
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 Practical Junk Rig
Design Aerodynamics and Handling by HG Hasler and JK McLeod
Hardcover, 9¼x11¼", 244 pages illustrated with color and b&w photos, tables and drawings.
Price: $85.00 includes S&I US
Practical Junk Rig. In this encyclopedic volume the late “Blondie” Hasler and his partner Jock McLeod, both pre-eminent in their field, have synthesized 25 years of research and development of the junk rig as adapted to western craft. It is a work which has been welcomed by the growing number of yachtsmen and designers throughout the world who already enjoy the benefits of junk rig or who wish to design one. First published in 1988,it is the first and still foremost major work on the fore-and-aft Chinese junk rig. Practical Junk Rig examines the design and aerodynamic theory behind junk rigs and discusses how best to sail them. It is not a historical treatise but rather a detailed analysis of the intricacies of the rig, which will be of absorbing interest to both amateur owners and professional designers. It examines the rig in detail, the principles that underlie it, considers possible alternative shapes and arrangements and, of course, performance, all assisted by a wealth of detailed line illustrations.
To Order Call 570-868-2628
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 Building the Weekend Skiff
by Richard Butz & John Montague
Softcover, 8½x11", 80 pages illustrated with plans, drawings, b&w photos, and sketches.
Price: $24.95 includes S&I US
Building the Weekend Skiff offers detailed plans and instructions for building a simple boat at low cost with easily obtainable materials and basic hand tools. The Weekend Skiff is fifteen feet in length, can hold two adults or several children, and is adaptable for oars, sail or a small outboard engine.This is a fun way to spend a weekend and get an excellent small boat easily and inexpensively. The Weekend Skiff is designed for two adults or several children and can be adapted to sail or small outboard. It is a great family project, ideal for introductory boat building courses and for community and school-based boat building experiences. Inexpensive to build, using common tools, several sheets of marine plywood and a few pieces of dimensional lumber, The Weekend Skiff can give anyone access to boat building and a boat. It can be finished with a variety of coatings, suited to your taste and budget.
To Order Call 570-868-2628
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 Building the Six-Hour Canoe
Design by Mike O’Brien • Text by Richard Butz • Illustration by John Montague •
Line Art by William Bartoo
THIRD PRINTING. Softcover, 8½x11", 65 pages with 80 illustrations and photographs.
Price: $20.00 includes S&I US
Building the Six-Hour Canoe contains scale plans, specifications, a tool list, step-by-step instructions, and even a helpful explanation of how to paddle the canoe. All the building operations are clearly illustrated with photos and sketches. The canoe is constructed from a single 4’x16’ sheet of marine plywood and a few pieces of dimensional lumber and, with epoxy glued seams, is watertight from the moment it hits the water. When completed, the canoe is 15’3” in length with a 31½” beam. Inexpensive to build using ordinary tools and materials, the canoe gives everybody access to boatbuilding and a boat. Light, easy to carry and handle, it can be a personal favorite. Or it can be the ideal boat for introductory boatbuilding courses and for community and/or school based building experiences.
To Order Call 570-868-2628
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 Building Sweet Dream
by Mark Pettingill
Softcover, 8½x11", 176 pages with many illustrations and photographs.
Price: $29.95 includes S&I US
Building Sweet Dream is a complete how-to manual covering all phases of building and finishing six versions of a 12-, 13- or 14-foot 28-lb. arc-bottom canoe. It includes dimensioned hull plans, a detailed building sequence heavily illustrated with step-by-step photographs, tips and techniques for painting and varnishing, and hard-to-find background and reference material. Anyone with a few basic hand and electric tools and a small workshop or one-car garage can build Sweet Dream. This is a boatbuilding project for any level of boatbuilding or canoeing experience. Sweet Dream is shapely, strong, and durable.
To Order Call 570-868-2628
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 Boats by Purdy
by Alan E. Dinn
Softcover, 8 ½ x 11”, 208 pages with many illustrations and photographs.
Price: $44.95 includes S&I US
This is a fascinating and an authoritative history of the Purdy Boat Company, one of the most famous makers of custom yachts and racing boats in the 1920s and 1930s, based on official company documents and correspondence and on reminiscences of family.
To Order Call 570-868-2628
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