Wooden Boat Building recounts the joy o acquiring new skills, such as, working with brass flat bar and stainless steel; how to melt 2400 pounds of lead wheel-weights to pour the keel; how to roll a hull effortlessly and craft beautiful blocks, almost entirely out of wood, yet strong enough to take an enormous load.
this book is the book tells you all about ship and shipping. The parts and systems which together form a modern ship are dealt with. from design drafts up to the finished construction, including paint systems and legal aspeets.