Woodenboat Books – lisa Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 Practical Small Boat Designs /store/practical-small-boat-designs.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=practical-small-boat-designs Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:57 +0000 /store/practical-small-boat-designs.html/practical-small-boat-designs As fans of Atkin designs well know, the name Atkin has long been associated with the best in basic boats. If you are looking for the “right little boat” to build--or have built--or if you just enjoy dreaming over boat plans, you'll be more than pleased with this collection of John an Billy Atkin's most successful designs.Includes Willy Winship: 14' flat-bottom racing skiff, Liza Jane: 19' v-bottomed knockabout, Shore Liner: 24' flat-bottomed jib-headed sloop, Ninigret: 22' v-bottomed bassboat, Florence Oakland: 22'5” v-bottomed schooner, Finkeldink: 9' pram, Great Bear: 28' flat-bottomed sloop, Nina: 11'4” flat-bottomed sailing skiff, Handy Andy: 8' round-bottomed sailing dinghy, and more.Out of print for far too long, we've brought this book back into print, and updated with a new foreword by Mike O'Brien, long-time WoodenBoat magazine editor, and publisher of Boat Design Quarterly.

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]]> 56506 Pete Culler’s Boats /store/pete-cullers-boats.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pete-cullers-boats Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:53 +0000 /store/pete-cullers-boats.html/pete-cullers-boats John Burke spent much of his life in and out of the Culler house and shop. He has been a professional boatbuilder as well as contributor to WoodenBoat magazine.

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]]> 56500 Making Hand Tools /store/making-hand-tools.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-hand-tools Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:50 +0000 /store/making-hand-tools.html/making-hand-tools New Brunswick boat builder Harry Bryan teaches readers how to make lots of useful hand tools like the

rabbit plane, bevel gauge, woodworking vice and more. An experienced boat builder, teacher and hand tool
devotee, Bruce crafts his tools by hand, then uses them to build his boats with little or no impact on
the environment. Making Hand Tools is a complete reference for those who want to make a similar
commitment or just explore an old tradition.

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]]> 56498 New Cold-Moulded Boatbuilding /store/new-cold-moulded-boatbuilding.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-cold-moulded-boatbuilding Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:38 +0000 /store/new-cold-moulded-boatbuilding.html/new-cold-moulded-boatbuilding Reuel B. Parker was born in Denver and grew up in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Much of his childhood was spent on the south shore of Long Island (Bay Shore), where he learned about boats, boat building and boating. He built many models as a child, and began building and restoring full size boats around age 12.

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]]> 56476 The Making of Tom Cat /store/the-making-of-tom-cat.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-making-of-tom-cat Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:31 +0000 /store/the-making-of-tom-cat.html/the-making-of-tom-cat A Canadian by birth, Bill's family moved to Seattle Via Portland, Oregon, in 1928, when Bill was 10 years old. In Seattle, he found himself surrounded by wooden boats of all kinds and sizes-and took full advantage of that wonderful environment.

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]]> 56464 Designs to Inspire /store/designs-to-inspire.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=designs-to-inspire Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:25 +0000 /store/designs-to-inspire.html/designs-to-inspire At the present time, fulfilled by their lifelong passion for wooden boats, and with their children-Kathy, Nat, and Sarah-out on their own, Anne and Maynard are searching for a vintage Vespa motorscooter and the youthful feeling that goes with it.

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]]> 56454 25 Woodworking Projects /store/25-woodworking-projects.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-woodworking-projects Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:17 +0000 /store/25-woodworking-projects.html/25-woodworking-projects Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.

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]]> 56436 100 Boat Designs Reviewed /store/100-boat-designs-reviewed.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-boat-designs-reviewed Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:41:14 +0000 /store/100-boat-designs-reviewed.html/100-boat-designs-reviewed Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.

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]]> 56434 Forty-Five Wooden Boats /store/forty-five-wooden-boats.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forty-five-wooden-boats Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:10:55 +0000 /store/forty-five-wooden-boats Deciding what boat to build is one of those wonderful mind pursuits, and study plans catalogs are a great way to get that thought process in gear because you have a nice variety of boats to compare/contrast.

The designs range from three different skin-on-frame boats, to glue-lap-ply dinghies and daysailers, to a 20' trimaran, and some go-slow canal boats. There are several power boats, including simple skiffs and more rugged powercraft, and weekender type sailboats go up to 24 feet. What sets these design catalogs apart from other such publications is the honest commentary, and the lines provided so you can understand the hull shapes of a three-dimensional boat from a flat piece of paper. Basic particulars are included, as well as building skills needed. And, all of the plans shown are available for purchase from WoodenBoat.

This is the fourth in the very successful series of boat design catalogs published by WoodenBoat. The three prior sutdy plans catalogues have approximately 100,000 copies in print. None of the designs in Forty-Five Wooden Boats are shown in the prior books, and the emphasis is on boats you can build.

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]]> 60906 New England Masts and The King’s Broad Arrow /store/new-england-masts-and-the-kings-broad-arrow.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-england-masts-and-the-kings-broad-arrow Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:10:52 +0000 /store/new-england-masts-and-the-kings-broad-arrow Author/illustrator Sam Manning has brought to life a period in history which makes this book valuable, but not simply because you will understand how the shipbuilding industry worked from the 1600s - 1800s. Manning shows what governments were doing, why, and how it directly parallels the twentieth- and twenty-first century policies of nations to spend blood and treasure to ensure they can control the supply of natural resources for their national security. With 1600s Europe unable to supply the big tall masts needed for their navies, Great Britain established a policy of marking trees in New England which were specifically the Crown's, to be cut, processed, and shipped back to England. Without proper masts, the navy could not carry sails to propel their ships--much like the need for oil today.

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