Ultralight Boatbuilding Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Ultralight Boatbuilding Book

How you can build light, elegant, and simple boats and canoes using plywood and epoxy. A you-don't-have-to-be-an-expert book! Ultralight canoes and small boats are things of beauty, their apparent delicacy concealing great strength.Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £13.99
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • ASDA

    Provides information on how to build ultralight canoes and small boats. This book describes the method using a skiff and canoe as examples. It includes an appendix which contains a gallery of ultralight designs.

  • Product Description

    Ultralight canoes and small boats are things of beauty, their apparent delicacy concealing great strength. They are lapstrake-constructed from marine plywood planks, each plank overlapping the one below it in a gracefully curved hull. Epoxy glue along the laps gives the hull structural reinforcement, minimizing the need for framing and permitting an amazingly light structure. Round-bilged and elegant, they are built over jigs, but the method is straightforward and not time consuming. You can build a boat that will give you fun and satisfaction, one you can be proud of, in a winter of leisurely weekends. No fancy tools are needed, and care and patience will make up whatever you lack in woodworking skills.

    All the information you need is here. Tom Hill, the chief proponent of ultralight boatbuilding and its leading practitioner, describes the method from start to finish using a skiff and canoe as examples. In the appendix is a gallery of ultralight designs, all but one of which you can build without lofting. If you want more flexibility, however, you can adapt almost any lapstrake small-boat design, traditional or modern, to the ultralight method. With some lofting (directions for which are given) you may then build a wide range of boats whose offsets are available. And you may adjust planking thickness and scantlings to give your boat extremely light weight with normal strength, or moderate weight with great strength.

    Particularly if you lack an extensively equipped workshop and professional skills, Ultralight Boatbuilding will unlock exciting possibilities you considered out of reach.

  • 0071567038
  • 9780071567039
  • Thomas J. Hill
  • 1 November 1987
  • International Marine
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 134
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.