Contains comprehensive, simply written directions for designing and constructing canoes, rowing and sailing boats, and hunting craft, including hard-to-find coverage of the Barnegat Sneakbox, the Rob Roy Canoe, and the Delaware River Ducker. Eighty-seven illustrations contribute to a text that also covers model building, tools, and materials.
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How to Build Wooden Boats: With 16 Small-Boat Designs by Edwin Monk Clear concise manual for amateurs offers detailed illustrated instructions for building 16 basic wooden craft — rowboats, sailboats, outboards, runabouts, hydroplane, more. 15 halftones. 49 line illustrations.
How to Build Egyptian Boat Models: Patterns and Instructions for Three Royal Vessels by Jack Sintich A unique model-building experience, this beginner-level guide details everything needed to create brilliant reproductions of the royal sailing boats of Khufu (ruled ca. 2551–2528 B.C.), Queen Hatshepsut (ruled ca. 1479–1458 B.C.), and Ramses II (ruled ca. 1279–1213 B.C.).
