About this title: Strip-building - assembling a pile of thin wood strips into a functional hull - has been a popular canoe-building method for many years. Now, boatbuilder Nick Schade, an engineer by training and a self-professed sea kayaking addict, has refined this time-tested method to build the more complex shapes of sea kayaks. The method is simple, forgiving, allows a liberal amount of design flexibility, and requires a minimum number of tools. It's also relatively inexpensive: about $500 to $600 for one of the designs discussed here - one-quarter the price of a factory-built model. In "The Strip-Built ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ragged Mountain Pr
Date Published: 1998-04-01
ISBN-13:9780070579897ISBN:007057989X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Moun
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780070579897ISBN:007057989X
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.299 by 7.299 inches. (176 pages) acknowledgments introduction part i the background 1 why build a kayak? why use wood? why use strips? 2 how design affects performance stability the importance of speed maneuverability and tracking volume, or interior size choosing the right boat some proven designs 3 tools and materials tools materials 4 lofting offsets for the hull forms offsets for the end forms drawing the patterns making small changes part ii the building process 5 ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION-EUROPE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780070579897ISBN:007057989X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 176 pages. (176 pages) strip-building-assembling a pile of thin wood strips into a functional hull-has been a popular canoe-building method for many years. this title helps construct a finished kayak. it presents plans and measurements for three kayaks: great auk, guillemot, and guillemot double. illustrations, photographs, glossary, bibliography (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780070579897ISBN:007057989X
Description: New. Strip-building--assembling a pile of thin wood strips into a functional hull--has been a popular canoe-building method for many years. Now boatbuilder Nick Schade, an engineer by training and a self-professed sea kayaking addict, has refined this tim... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Education-Europe
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780070579897ISBN:007057989X
Description: New. Strip-building-assembling a pile of thin wood strips into a functional hull-has been a popular canoe-building method for many years. This title helps construct a finished kayak. It presents plans and measurements for three kayaks: Great Auk, Guill... read more
Description: PB. 7 3/4 x 9 1/4. ISBN: 0-07-057989-X. The first book to adapt this strong, forgiving building method to kayaks. Contains complete plans and instructions for three kayaks, including a tandem. 176 pp. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780070579897ISBN:007057989X
Description: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" Book is near fine in white graph paper design glossy soft covers with color kayak drawing and black lettering...only slight edge bumping to covers--no tears...text is tight and clean...appears unread...202 pages, crisp with sharp edges and corners...no annotatiions or markings observed..."complete plans and measurements for three kayaks--Great Auk, a fast, stable, comfortable single for beginners--Guillemot, a beautiful, high, operformance single for ... read more
"This is an exceleny book of reference for anyone building a kayak. Very well illustrated and easy to follow I recomend this book to the first time kayak builder and the experienced builder."
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