Description: The different methods available to build a wooden boat are each described and illustrated with photographs and drawings. The book covers Building a Traditional Clinker Dinghy, Epoxy Strip Planking, Plywood Clinker Construction and Carvel Planking, as well as discussing Choosing a Design and Choosing a Building Method.
Brief description: In a forty-plus year career in wooden boatbuilding and boatbuilding education, Ian Hugh Smith has built upwards of eighty boats and taught hundreds of people the skills they need to build their own boats. Now retired from commercial work Ian is concentrating on putting his experience down on paper, but still finds time to build a 24' Ranger class gaffer and race his Historical 18-footer replica Britannia on Sydney Harbour.