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Pete Culler on Wooden Boats

Autor John Burke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 noi 2007
The insights and wisdom of the late, greatboat designer and builder
Renowned as one of the last and best of the old-timeboatbuilders, Captain R. D.“Pete” Cullerprovided a guiding light for the wooden boat revival inthe 1970s. His designs are classic melds of eleganceand utility; his workmanship was akin to artistry; andhis teaching and writing a blend of clarity, good sense,insight, and humor. This book brings together the completetexts of Culler’s classic works Boats, Oars, andRowing and Skiffs & Schooners, along with articles fromThe Mariner’s Catalogs and a selection of his timelessboat designs.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780071489799
ISBN-10: 0071489797
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 216 x 274 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.95 kg
Editura: McGraw Hill Education
Colecția International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Foreword, by Peter T. Vermilya

Introduction, by John Burke

Skiffs and Schooners

Preface

Experience Starts When You Begin

Building the Spray

Boatbuilding

Materials

Tools

Flat Bottoms

File Bottoms

Lapstrake

Carvel Planking

Engines, Oars, and Sails

The Sprit Rig

Other Rigs, Including the Ketch

The Schooner Rig

Water, Stoves, Anchors, Fuel, Centerboards, and Cabins

Paints, Oils, and Goo

Sailors, Old and Young

Boats, Oars, and Rowing

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Pleasures of Rowing

Rowing Craft

Oars and Oarmaking

Oarlocks and Other Rowing Gear

Notes on Rowing

Double-Paddle Canoes

A Cruise in a Pulling Boat

Articles

Old Ways Work

Boat-Building Used to Be...

On Rowing and Boats

Sand Dolly

Wheelbarrow Boat

What Makes Classics Real

Fish Oil, Sour Milk, and Stale Beer

The Mallets Cried, Hollered, Bellowed, and Chirped

Natural Knees

Quick and Dirty Boats

Tarred Rigging and Stropped Blocks

Design Commentaries

Race Point Surfboat Coskata

Wherry Yawl for a Schooner

Yawlboat for Integrity

Two Steam Launches

Fast Outboard Launch

Concordia Towboat Gracie Iii

Baltimore Clipper Schooner Lizard King

Boat Plans by R.D. Culler

Index