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Author: Barry Thomas
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1986-87 boatbuilder Barry Thomas and his crew at Mystic Seaport constructed a 20-foot catboat after rediscovering the methods used in the famous Crosby boatshops on Cape Cod, ca. 1880-1935. In this construction guide the author documents the unique Crosby building methods and discusses the importance of preserving and using appropriate technologies from the past.
Author: Stan Grayson
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John E. Conway
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2014-04-21
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1496901010
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Buckrammer's Tales In the Fall of 2003, Catboat Summers, a collection of boating memoirs hit bookseller's shelves. It quickly became a bestseller among nautical books, praised by reviewers and readers alike. This new compilation continues in the same mold ... but with a bit more edge. As in Catboat Summers, the "Tales" in this book are paced so that each can each be read in "one shot." If you favor ghost stories, near disasters, family boating misadventures and/or tales of buried treasure, you will absolutely find something to your liking in Buckrammer's Tales.
Author: John M. Leavens
Publisher: Tilbury House Distr
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780884482727
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Interspersed among the gold-plated yachts of the Gilded Age were many humble catboats serving as fishing boats, livery craft, and pleasure boats. Here their story is told in well-researched detail with a fine collection of period photographs.
Author: John M. Leavens
Publisher: International Marine Publishing Company
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Greg Rössel
Publisher: WoodenBoat Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780937822500
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".
Author: John E. Conway
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781574091717
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the winter of 1993 Conway and his family purchased the 24-foot Buckrammer, an almost 100-year-old leak- and rust-plugged wooden boat. They then set about restoring the old bucket into the family yacht. Catboat Summers chronicles a decade's worth of adventures in New England waters.
