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How to Build Wooden Boats
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| NZ$ 38.00 each |
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| Author: Edwin Monk |
| Published by: Dover Publications |
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Written especially for the amateur boat builder, this clear, concise manual by noted naval architect Edwin Monk offers a portfolio of designs for 16 basic wooden craft — rowboats, sailboats, outboards, runabouts, a hydroplane and more. Detailed illustrated instructions for amateur boat builders cover selecting a design, choosing and assembling building materials, building, and finishing.
90 pages. 15 halftones, 49 line illustrations. 8-1/2 x 11. Soft cover
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The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots and Ropework
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| Author: Geoffrey Budworth |
| Published by: Lorenz Books |
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Features of this work include: over 200 tying techniques comprehensively illustrated in step-by-step photographs; all the key knot types covered: bends, hitches, bindings, loops, mats, plaits, rings and slings; knot categories include angling and fishing, boating and sailing, caving and climbing, general purpose and outdoor pursuits; information on cord and rope fibres, and an invaluable table charting the qualities and breaking strengths of each; and, over 1,200 colour photographs. There are several thousand knots in existence and an almost infinite number of variations of these. This reference manual and practical handbook presents over 200 knots, illustrating how to tie them in step-by-step photographs and clear, detailed text. These include familiar knots, such as the simple overhand or thumb knot, but there are also more challenging knots. Each set of instructions is clearly written and accompanied by precise photographs that take
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Wreck, Rescue and Salvage
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| Author: Dick Jolly |
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After joining the Australian Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen, Dick Jolly trained as an engineer before joining the Australian National Line as a cadet. After a four-year apprenticeship, he gradually gained promotion while travelling around the Australian coast. Fascinated by the world of commercial deep-sea tugs and salvage, his first real break came in Portsmouth in 1963 when he landed a job on RFA Typhoon. Relocating to Singapore and with a Foreign Going tugmaster's qualification under his belt, he went on to travel the oceans of the world, hauling derelict ships, dredgers, floating cranes and all manner of other craft. For four years he left the sea, trying to earn a living as an opal-miner in Andamooka in the Australian Outback where the vast majority of miners go bankrupt! It was an advert for the post of tugmaster in the Port of Eden which brought him to his senses, and he returned to the world of salvage. After further work
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