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How to Build the Catspaw Dinghy A Boat for Oar and Sail
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$10.95The Catspaw Dinghy is Joel White’s 12’8” version of the famed Herreshoff Dinghy Columbia. Catspaw is a carvel planked with 1/2” cedar over steam-bent oak frames, and copper rivet fastened.
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Forty-Five Wooden Boats
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$16.95Deciding 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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Tracking Treasure
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$19.95Lost, stolen, or undiscovered treasures have long been rumored to be buried throughout Atlantic Canada. Stories abound of loot squirreled away on islands and beaches by pirates and privateers, of fortunes in gold, silver and precious stones lost in the holds of ships wrecked on the jagged rocks of the rugged coast. In Tracking Treasure, Crooker investigates mysterious sites that are the subject of story, myth and song. Some are documented in historical accounts, while others belong to folklore.
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The Making of Tom Cat
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$19.75A 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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A Kid’s Book on Boatbuilding
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$12.05As a kid, Will Ansel would spend hours rowing the creeks around Annapolis, Maryland. From his boat he could look down on the wrecks of Chesapeake skipjacks, and watch the turtles sun themselves on deckbeams and the tops of centerboard trunks. He found other types of Chesapeake boats there too, including the old “log” boats. Years later, Will built scaled-down skipjacks, wrote about them, and eventually went to work at Mystic Seaport as a ships’ carpenter and boatbuilder. Will now lives in Georgetown, Maine, in an old house built at the water’s edge, with a small shop and dock. The inventory of boats and kayaks is currently seven. Besides keeping up, using, and adding to these, he does some writing and painting, and work around a cabin in the woods.
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Classic Classes
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$27.45Packed with more than 150 designs, the focus is on the well-know and still active class boats, yet covers over 125 years of boating. Handsomely designed, color thoughout, the book is divided into three sections: Dinghy/Keelboats, Olympic Classes, and Yachts, and the sections are colorbar coded for ease of reference. Entries include profile drawing, photographs, basic specifications, background, plans availability, class contact, and more. Plus there’s a sail insignia guide, and an index.Designs covered include the Optimist pram, Beetle Cat, Moth, Wayfarer and more small boats, to the Nordic Folkboat, Dragons, 12-meters, IODs, J-class and more. Designers include Uffa Fox, Olin Stephens, William Fife III, Knud Reimers, Starling Burgess, and many many more. This book is a handy resource, and includes all 44 Olympic class boats, just in time for the Summer 2012 Olympics held in London.Author Venessa Bird, is a freelance writer, and former Classic Boat magazine production editor, where she began this series. She sails a 1933 Scottish lugger out of Chichester Harbor, in the south of England.
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Canada’s Flowers
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$17.95For the British and Allied navies, the corvette, however useful, was a stop-gap, a “hostilities only” expedient useed to fill out the escort forces worn desperately then by the wartime attrition of the traditional destroyer flotillas. But for Canada, the corvette assumed an infinitely greater signifignance. It was the first warship the country had ever built in numbers; with the corvette, Canadian shipbuilding established itself, so that at thge wars end a complex of shipyards had been founded on each coast, as well had a resevoir of skills and expertise been established which would become the basis for the Canadian naval industry.
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Saga of the Mary Celeste
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95In December, 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered at sea with sails set and everything in order; however, no one was on board or was ever found. The Saga of the Mary Celeste details this great sea mystery.Stanley T. Spicer is the author of numerous books and articles including Glooscap Legends and Captain From Fundy. He lives in Spencer’s Island, Nova Scotia.
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Sails of Fundy
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$16.95A native of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Stanley T. Spicer is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Acadia University and Springfield College. He was New Brunswick’s first provincial Director of Physical Eduacation and Recreation from 1947 to 1966 before joining the federal Fitness and Amateur Sport Branch in Ottawa where he served until 1979. He was the first person from the Atlantic Provinces to receive the Honour Award of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Spicer is the author of numerous articles for Canadian and American publications and five previous books, including The Saga of the Mary Celeste.
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Sailing for Everyone
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$14.25Boatbuilder, sailor, and teacher Simon Watts divides his time between San Francisco, and the family summer home on Middle Island, near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
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New England Masts and The King’s Broad Arrow
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$10.95Author/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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Forever Bluenose pb
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$19.95Nova Scotia has always needed Bluenose as a symbol of a culture of enterprise and self-sufficiency, and as a monument to the heroic and often tragic Grand Banks fishing past. And so it was with great fanfare that on a misty September Saturday in 2012, the “restored” new hull of Bluenose II inched safely and slowly into a friendly Lunenburg harbour. As the water rose over the massive rolling platform that carried her down, she gradually came afloat for the first time, fair on her lines, high and proud. Nova Scotia now has a virtually new Bluenose, fashioned as closely to the genetic code of Bluenose II as possible, just as Bluenose II replicated the original, everywhere except below decks. Forever Bluenose charts the storied history of Nova Scotia’s famous schooner—its fishing and racing days in the early twentieth century, its rebirth, first as a promoter of beer and later as a tourist attraction, as the Bluenose II, and its careful restoration in the twenty-first century. Includes over 50 photographs of the restoration process as well as the vessel’s commercial and racing heyday.
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Shipwrecks of New Brunswick
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$19.95In the past 20 years, Robert Parsons has become one of Atlantic Canada’s most popular and prolific writers, specializing in the stories of shipwreck, rescue and survival. He devotes much of his time to researching, writing and promoting the sea-going history of Canada’s eastern provinces, their ships and the people who sailed them. His books include Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster, In Peril on the Sea and The Edge of Yesterday: Sea Disasters of Nova Scotia.
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Building Heidi
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$21.95Richard Kolin has been building boats for 25 years. He has designed and built skiffs for both plywood and plank construction.
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Building Catherine
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$21.95Richard Kolin has been building boats for 25 years. He has designed and built skiffs for both plywood and plank construction.
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New Cold-Moulded Boatbuilding
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$21.95Reuel 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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Painting and Varnishing
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$27.45Well-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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Frame, Stem & Keel Repair
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$27.45Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner’s Book of Day’s, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.
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Planking & Fastening
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$27.45Well-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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100 Boat Designs Reviewed
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$27.45Well-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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25 Woodworking Projects For Small and Large Boats
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$25.25Well-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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The Watery Realm
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$19.75Here is an enjoyable read and an ideal gift for your water-oriented friends. It’s a series of essays about the ways in which bodies of water–lakes, rivers, and seas–inspire and ignite curiosity for those who venture onto, into, or near them.
The Watery Realm will no doubt initiate a most pleasurable response in the reader. Boat fanatics, beach bums, sailors, naturalists, linguists, surfers, and especially readers of maritime lore and literature will all be reminded of the many possibilities of the world of sea and shore, tall ship and kayak, lake and stream, shell and shark.
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Focused on the Coast
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$38.50A professional photographer for over twenty years, Neal Parent started his career as a photojournalist for a small mid-coast Maine newspaper. Although his primary subjects has been the coast of Maine – its water, landscapes, boats and people; in recent years, his work has expanded to include Flordia, Wyoming and Montana. Shooting exclusively in the 35mm format enables him to photograph with spontaneity. Using natural light, he works without filters and does all his own printing. Hand processing of each photograph in trays ensures complete control of each image. Neal has been sharing his gifts of photography and laughter with others by conducting workshops throughout Maine for many years. He has taught week-long courses at WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine and on the ketch Angelique out of Camden, Maine, as well as at his studio and darkroom in Belfast, Maine.
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Bluenose
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$15.95The second title in the Stories of our Past series, Bluenose tells the story behind the ship on Canada’s ten-cent coin. Beginning with the schooner’s launch in Lunenburg in 1921, author Monica Graham describes Bluenose‘s career as a fishing boat, her racing exploits (seventeen years undefeated in the International Fisherman’s Trophy), her representation of Canada at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933, and her time as a shipping vessel in the Caribbean rum and sugar trade. The book’s final chapter recounts Bluenose‘s demise on a coral reef in Haiti and the launching of the replica, Bluenose II.
Using a colourful design, and with photos, maps, diagrams, interviews with crew members, and sidebar features on sailing and shipboard life, Bluenose offers a fascinating introduction to a Canadian and Nova Scotian emblem to satisfy a variety of interests.
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Designs to Inspire
Editor: Anne BrayPublisher: WoodenBoat Books$27.45At 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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Sable Island Shipwrecks
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$24.99Over 300 ships have gone down on Sable Island. The first known wreck was in 1583. This best selling book tells the stories of disaster, danger, rescue and survival.
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Atlantic Schooners
Publisher: Brunswick Press$6.95Noted marine artist and historic illustrator L.B. Jenson has produced a number of publications that feature the history and heritage of Nova Scotia’s ocean-going traditions including his most ambitious work, Bluenose 11, Sage of the Great Fishing Schooners.
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Bluenose II
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$34.95In this magnificent work, L.B. Jenson, noted marine artist and historic illustrator, has adapted and expanded his limited edition portfolio to create a lasting memento of the great fishing schooners. These measured drawings of the Bluenose II were carefully produced and checked while she was a fully-rigged and working schooner.
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Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$24.95In the 450 years since Jacques Cartier’s arrival, Prince Edward Island’s history has been tied to the sea. From the first explorers to immigrants, traders, sailors, and fishermen, thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and gone–many lost to the relentless ocean. Their stories, though, survive in legends and folklore, in archives and family histories.
From PEI author Julie V. Watson comes the telling of these legends in this new edition of Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island.
Now with a new cover.
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Pete Culler’s Boats
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$38.45John 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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How to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$43.95As a child, John Brooks loved to build models and sail with his grandfather. When most teenagers were at the prom, John was changing jibs in the Indian Ocean, halfway through a 35,000-mile, two-year cruise. He began building boats in commercial yards at 19, while studying boat design and building his own boats. John worked for many years honing his craftsmanship on fine yachts, small boats, custom furniture, and a harpsichord. He has been a instructor at the WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1990s, teaching glued-lapstrake boatbuilding, fine interior joinery, and carving. Ruth Ann Hill grew up on the coast of Maine. A writer, boatbuilding assistant, naturalist, and graphic artist, Ruth is the author of Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional Guide and a contributing editor for Maine Boats & Harbors magazine. John and Ruth started their business, Brooks Boats, in 1991. They design and build glued-lapstrake boats in West Brooklin, Maine-and get out to enjoy their handiwork in its proper element whenever they can.
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Practical Small Boat Designs
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books$24.15As 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.
