Harold Payson – lisa疯马秀 Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa疯马秀 Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:10:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 Go Build Your Own Boat ! /store/go-build-your-own-boat-.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=go-build-your-own-boat Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:10:49 +0000 /store/go-build-your-own-boat.html/go-build-your-own-boat This book is packed with how-to and know-how, as well as photos and drawings. Originally published in 1987, the book still has a place near and dear to many followers of the late Dynamite Payson, who still inspires folks to just get to the process of building a boat they can actually use.

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]]> 56518 Instant Boats /store/instant-boats.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instant-boats Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:10:46 +0000 /store/instant-boats.html/instant-boats How to build simple, well-designed plywood boats without a complicated building jig, featuring complete scaled-down plans for five easily-built boats designed by Phil Bolger. From a small punt to a 31' daysailer with a schooner rig. The step-by-step example being a 12' double-ended sailing skiff.

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]]> 56516 Build the Instant Catboats /store/build-the-instant-catboats.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=build-the-instant-catboats Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:10:43 +0000 /store/build-the-instant-catboats.html/build-the-instant-catboats Featuring one of Phil Bolger's clean, simple designs. Dynamite clearly explains the building process that will result in your own 12' gaff-rigged catboat using the stitch-and-glue plywood method.

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]]> 56514 Build the New Instant Boats /store/build-the-new-instant-boats.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=build-the-new-instant-boats Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:47:02 +0000 /store/build-the-new-instant-boats.html/build-the-new-instant-boats Harold "Dynamite" Payson was a lobsterman off his native Maine coast for many years before becoming a full-time boatbuilder; the sea and his shop have kindled in him a fond respect for the simplest, most direct course to one's desired destination. This philosophy he has imparted in two previous books, Instant Boats and Go Build Your Own Boat!, and in many articles for National Fisherman, WoodenBoat, and Small Boat Journal.

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]]> 56502 Boat Modeling with Dynamite Payson /store/boat-modeling-with-dynamite-payson.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boat-modeling-with-dynamite-payson Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:53:01 +0000 /store/boat-modeling-with-dynamite-payson.html/boat-modeling-with-dynamite-payson Step-by-step instruction, illustrated, beginning with the basics and working toward advanced hull shapes and techniques by a gentleman who knows his stuff.

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]]> 56510 Boat Modeling the Easy Way /store/boat-modeling-the-easy-way.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boat-modeling-the-easy-way Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:53:01 +0000 /store/boat-modeling-the-easy-way.html/boat-modeling-the-easy-way A fitting sequel to his popular Boat Modeling. Build nine models using the lift method: a tugboat, an English cutter, a lobsterboat, sardine carriers, a fishing schooner, a torpedo-stern launch, a Friendship sloop, and a day cruiser.

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]]> 56512 How to Build the Gloucester Light Dory /store/how-to-build-the-gloucester-light-dory.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-build-the-gloucester-light-dory Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:51:01 +0000 /store/how-to-build-the-gloucester-light-dory.html/how-to-build-the-gloucester-light-dory A shop manual on building an exceptional rowing dory. Designe by Philip Bolger, this dory is fast, seaworthy and a delight to row. Simple plywood cosntruction.

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]]> 56400 Keeping the Cutting Edge /store/keeping-the-cutting-edge.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-the-cutting-edge Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:51:01 +0000 /store/keeping-the-cutting-edge.html/keeping-the-cutting-edge Harold H. "Dynamite" Payson is a professional boatbuilder who specializes in light plywood construction, though in the past he build traditional plank-on-frame craft. Most of his boats-among them the famed Gloucester Light Dory and the Instant Boat series-are from the board of Philip C. Bolger. Many of the prototypes of Bolger's small boats have been built by Payson as part of their continuing association. Dynamite is a retired lobster fisherman, a saw sharpener, and the proprietor of H.H.Payson & Co., which offers boatbuilding plans for sale to the average boatbuilder. He is the author of Instant Boats, How to Build the Gloucester Light Dory, Go Build Your Own Boat!, Build the New Instant Boats, and a number of magazine articles. He lives and works in South Thomaston, Maine.

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]]> 56416 The Dory Model Book /store/the-dory-model-book.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dory-model-book Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:51:01 +0000 /store/the-dory-model-book.html/the-dory-model-book Three traditional Down East boats are featured: a Banks dory, a Friendship Dory, and a Friendship dory skiff. All are based on authentic boats and built with the same care as a full-size boat.

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