Lapstrake Canoe Construction Detail
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A valuable companion to Lapstrake Boatbuilding, and like it applicable to all lapstrake boats. It opens with an introduction to lines and half models, followed by a chapter on construction details, with still more information on fastening techniques, cutting plank gains, fitting thwarts, and decking.

Problems and solutions deals with first time lofting, flopping garboards, other planking concerns, and wood preservation. Patternmaking and even name carving are covered in Useful Asides, along with thoughts on power tools and boat lumber. Sail and Oar concentrates on building centerboard cases, sparmaking and laminating oars.

We have been told that the information on pouring lead centerboard ballast is worth the price of the book all by itself. There is even a chapter for aspiring boatbuilders that delves into the nuts and bolts of the boatbuilding business, and even includes some useful informationon record keeping to make your dealings with the IRS easier.

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Chapters include...

• Lines and Half Models

• Construction Details

• Problems and Solutions

• Finishing

• Sail and Oar

• Useful Asides

• For Aspiring Professionals

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US$20.00/copy (shipping weight 2 lbs.)
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The photo above is the stern of the 15' Lapstrake Canoe "Rainbow", built during the summer of 1997. Her planking is white cedar, breasthook and inwales are Spanish Cedar, and her backbone, ribs, and guards are white ash. She is oiled inboard and varnished outboard, and her final weight (including her 9' double paddle) is 56 pounds. Lapstrake canoes are ideally suited for first-time building projects.

The boat in the photo at the right is a 19'-3" Newfoundland Trap Skiff, Arundel by name. Trap Skiffs make for an ambitious first time building project , but there is sufficient information in Lapstrake Boatbuilding and Lapstrake Boatbuilding II , and the boatbuilding plans to build one if you are of a mind to. Trap Skiffs are lovely boats, the largest and most seakindly of all the wherries. They sail beautifully and point right up with their ketch rig.

The boat on the front cover of the book is a Herreshoff model yacht tender.

All three of these boats were built by Walter Simmons at Duck Trap Woodworking.

Have you thought about plans?

Besides being some of the best looking boats around, the plans offered by Duck Trap Woodworking have been drawn and annotated with non-professionals in mind. Why not look through them to see whether there is a design that appeals to you–for your first boat that is an important factor. And if you would like to talk with a boatbuilder about your choice, give us a call or fire off an email. We've been answering questions like yours for more than thirty years (not by email, of course).

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