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Wooden Boat Renovation: New Life for Old Boats Using Modern Methods
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This book is about fixing up old boats made of wood. For many people, a boat isnt a boat unless its made of wood. The psychological and philosophical reasons for needing to own a boat made from honest trees instead of the material that L. Francis Herreshoff characterized as frozen snot neednt concern us. But in this day and age, hardnosed economics and the ubiquitous bottom line certainly should.FACT: You can buy a repairable wooden boat and renovate and remodel it for a lot less money than you can buy and renovate a plastic or metal of similar size and condition.Jim Trefethen has renovated dozens of good old wooden boats, and in this book hes sharing his collected wisdom, craftsmanship, and penury with you. It will supply you with the basic skills youll need to successfully renovate an old wooden boatany old wooden boat, from a 16foot canoe to a 50foot cruiser, and everything in betweenprovided the boat actually is repairable (and youll learn how to determine that, too). After youve read Wooden Boat Renovation, we hope you come away knowing what is possible and how to accomplish it. Then we hope you actually do it.
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