A textbook on the use of steel to construct small boats, both yachts and working craft. Practical and theoretical advice; various types of steel; problems of electrolysis and corrosion; welding and cutting techniques. Includes a chapter on boatbuilding with aluminum as a comparison. Numerous sketch illustrations. 248 pp.

Boatbuilding with steel,

Engineering & Transportation

Klingel, Gilbert C.

COLVIN, Thomas E.

Transportation

International Marine Pub. Co

Dust jacket shows some wear. Slight creasing on the hardback corners. Edges of pages show some wear. Overall, the pages are very good.

Steel Boat Building: From Plans to Bare Hull

Science & Math

Technology

Intl Marine Pub Co

Combining both volumes of Colvin's masterwork on building boats from steel in one complete volume, this book offers the insights, experience, and mature thinking of a man who has been a merchant seaman, naval architect, yacht and shipbuilder, sailmaker, and consultant to shipbuilders and governments on matters of vessel design and construction.

Steel Boat Building: From Bare Hull to Launching, Vol. 2

Steel Boat Building: From Plans to Launching

For first-time builders or professionals, this book gives an overall view of the subject of steel boatbuilding from raw materials to the finished vessel.

Steel Boat Building: From Plans to Bare Hull v. 1

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Ashford,Buchan & Enright

By Thomas E. Colvin. ISBN 0-915160-22-6. "To talk of many things...from a weekend cruise to full-time living abroad, workable routines lead to successful cruises. Here's the approach of veteran boatbuilder, drawing on 40 years of cruising experience."--from the bottom of the front jacket. Also, included in the shipment are three typed letters signed by the author to a prior owner with interesting details about sailing and boats, dated 3-8-84, 4-18-84 and 6-18-85; also included is a leaflet titled Seven Seas Press Fall 1983 Catalog of Books in Print and a copy of Seven Seas Book News dated August 1985.

Cruising as a Way of Life

Seven Seas Press

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