Boat Building
SMALL BOAT BUILDING ... The famous text on "traditional" boat building.
H.W. Patterson,  124 pages,  10 plate(s),  Pub No. 0006, Price this Book

YACHTS AND YACHTING ... The collected writings of E.Cooper: The best yachting writer of his day.
Vanderdecken,  394 pages,  Pub No. 0007, Price this Elephant Folio

MANUAL OF YACHT AND BOAT SAILING ... The classic text; Kemp, what more is there to say!
Dixon Kemp,  648 pages,  Pub No. 0008, Price this Elephant Folio

PRACTICAL BOAT BUILDING FOR AMATEURS ... Design and build Punts, Skiffs, Canoes, Row and Sailing Boats, etc.
Adrien Neison,  151 pages,  Pub No. 0109, Price this Book

SMALL BOAT BUILDING (MONK) ... Some really nice looking boats with complete building instructions.
Edwin Monk,  137 pages,  3 plate(s),  Pub No. 0119, Price this Duodecimo Book-long

CANOE AND BOAT BUILDING FOR THE AMATEUR ... Stephens' masterwork on small boat building.
W.P. Stephens,  241 pages,  Pub No. 0146, Price this Duodecimo Book-long

RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WOODEN YACHTS ... Lloyd's Rules.
Lloyd s Register of Shipping,  124 pages,  Pub No. 0157, Price this Quarto Folio

SMALL YACHTS--THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ... Kunhardt's massive work on early American Yachting.
C.P. Kunhardt,  393 pages,  Pub No. 0161, Price this Elephant Folio

BUILDING OF THE BOAT-THE SNARK, THE ... Building the "Snark" in which London voyaged to the South Seas.
Jack London,   8 pages,  Pub No. 5510,  Price this Booklet   Here is another publication on this subject.

CANOE AND BOAT BUILDING FOR THE AMATEUR-PLATES ... Plates for Stephen's book (Not in the original edition.)
W.P. Stephens,  0 pages,  50 plate(s),  Pub No. 0147, Price this Elephant Folio

AMATEUR BOAT BUILDING ... Another fine book by William F. Crosby on small boat building.
William F. Crosby,  237 pages,  1 plate(s),  Pub No. 0237, Price this Book

SIMPLE STEAM BOX FOR AMATEUR BUILDERS ... A simple steaming rig that will be very helfpul for all builders.
Hinman R. Root,   1 page(s),  Pub No. 7706, Price this Plansheet

PLANKING FASTENINGS AND HOW TO CHOOSE THEM ... Understasnding manufacturing materials for small boat fastenings is important.   3 page(s),  Pub No. 7707, Price this Plansheet

CASTING A LEAD KEEL AND OTHER CASTINGS ... How to cast a lead keel and some other small parts.   20 pages,  Pub No. 5641,  Price this Booklet

CAULKING ... A good primer on how to caulk wooden boats properly.   36 pages,  Pub No. 5642,  Price this Booklet

CANOES DINGHIES & SAILING PUNTS ... A fine collection of 11 traditional English small craft.
---,  229 pages,  Pub No. 0238, Price this Book

HINTS TIPS AND GADGETS ... Another great collection from Cooke.
Francis B. Cooke,  294 pages,  Pub No. 0240, Price this Book

BUILD YOUR BOAT RIGHT ... An excellent primer on traditional boat building.   40 pages,  1 plate(s),  Pub No. 5660,  Price this Booklet

BUILDING BOATS WITH FIBERGLASS ... A basic text on using fiberglass to build one-off designs.   30 pages,  Pub No. 5055,  Price this Booklet

BOAT BUILDING AND BOATING ... How to build everything from a log raft on up, with many camping tips.
D.C. Beard,  219 pages,  Pub No. 0245, Price this Book

DREAM SHIPS ... A large number of small yachts and their characteristis; many with lines.
Maurice Griffiths,  248 pages,  Pub No. 0247, Price this Duodecimo Book-long

BUILDING WITH ANNULAR RING NAILS ... The reasons for their superiority, and how to use them in your boat.
Independent Nail Co.,   33 pages,  Pub No. 5261,  Price this Booklet

LOFTING--MAKING FULL-SIZE BOAT PLANS ... A simple explanation of lofting--which really isn't difficult!
William D. Jackson,   10 pages,  2 plate(s),  Pub No. 5276,  Price this Booklet

READING BOAT BLUEPRINTS ... Before starting to build any boat, you must understand the meaning of the drawings.   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7828, Price this Plansheet

SETTING UP THE FRAME OF A SMALL BOAT ... After assembling the stem, frames and transom of a small boat, setting up is a problem.   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7829, Price this Plansheet

SIMPLIFYING BOAT PLANS FOR AMATEUR BUILDERS ... How to better understand designers drawings prior to building.
Sam Rabl,   10 pages,  3 plate(s),  Pub No. 5657,  Price this Booklet

HOW TO PLANK SMALL CRAFT ... A brief course on carvel planking.   8 pages,  2 plate(s),  Pub No. 5658,  Price this Booklet

FASTENINGS MAKE THE BOAT ... Functions of the many fastenings in a boat and how to choose them.
J.A. Emmett,   12 pages,  1 plate(s),  Pub No. 5659,  Price this Booklet

SIMPLE BOAT BUILDING ... One of the best small boat building books with a particularly good section on design.
Geiffrey Prout,  134 pages,  Pub No. 0248, Price this Book

HOW TO BUILD BOATS ... A very fine basic book on boat building with many useful illustrations.
Widd Hauber,   90 pages,  Pub No. 4906,  Price this Book

MOTOR BOAT BUILDING FOR THE AMATEUR ... Useful suggestions from laying down the lines full size to the correct fiberglass to use.
H.W. Patterson,  213 pages,  Pub No. 0091, Price this Duodecimo Book-long

BOAT BUILDING SIMPLIFIED ... A guide to the Ashcroft method of building, rowing, sailing and motor boats
Herbert J. Ashcroft,   76 pages,  Pub No. 5702,  Price this Booklet

SMALL SAILING CRAFT ... Written for the amateur and covering problems which arise on producing a boat of one's own.
John F. Sutton,  191 pages,  Pub No. 0259, Price this Book

PLANKING THE SMALL BOAT ... The basic principles and some good ideas.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7915, Price this Plansheet   Here is another publication on this subject.

SEA-BOAT, THE ... An excellent text devoted to Clench (Lapstreak) building, riggings and sailing.
Robert C. Leslie,  180 pages,  Pub No. 0270, Price this Book

15 FIBERGLASS BOATS ... Complete plans of the most popular sizes
Charles Bell,  244 pages,  Pub No. 0289, Price this Quarto Folio

INTRODUCTION TO PLYWOOD BOATBUILDING ... Basic rules for the building of a successful plywood boat.   41 pages,  1 plate(s),  Pub No. 5786,  Price this Booklet

PLYWOOD HAS ITS PLACE ... Like any other good boatbuilding material, plywood must be understood to use it to the best advantage.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7020, Price this Plansheet

LOFT BEFORE YOU BUILD ... For boatbuilding, don't think you can short-cut by not laying the lines down full size. It's not difficult and it pays off.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7024, Price this Plansheet

TRICKS OF THE TRADE FOR HOME BOATBUILDERS ... Boatbuilding pros know how to keep gremlins at a safe distance. Here are some of the ways they do it.   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7025, Price this Plansheet

TIPS ON USING PLYWOOD ... A useful reference for building in plywood.   3 page(s),  Pub No. 7026, Price this Plansheet

PLANKING A PLYWOOD HULL ... A useful v-bottom plywood boat.   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7027, Price this Plansheet

BUILD HER ON A SOUND FOUNDATION ... If you want your boat to be a success, take just as much care in the setting up of roms as you do with the hull.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7030, Price this Plansheet

BOATBUILDING PRINCIPLES ... Anything that you understand thoroughly is always fairly simple. This is true of boatbuilding.
Weston Farmer,   13 pages,  2 plate(s),  Pub No. 5834,  Price this Booklet

HOW TO UNDERSTAND A BOAT PLAN ... A man builds his own boat for two reasons; to save money and have fun dong it. Here's some help!
Weston Farmer,   9 pages,  5 plate(s),  Pub No. 5842,  Price this Booklet

HOW TO USE WATERPROOF PLYWOOD IN BOAT CONSTRUCTION ... Only resin-bonded plywood should be used for boat building.
Charles G. MacGregor,   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7048, Price this Plansheet

MORE ABOUT "DEVELOPABLE" SURFACES ... Understanding stresses and curvatures of plywood in boat building.
Clarence E. Werback,   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7047, Price this Plansheet

DEVELOPABLE SURFACES FOR PLYWOOD BOATS ... Laying out a hull so that the true surface of it can be readily determined.
Charles P. Burgess,   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7051, Price this Plansheet

PLYWOOD INSTEAD OF DEADWOOD FOR KEELS ... The hollow fin keel construction described here was designed for ease of building, lightness and strength.
Robert M. Steward,   1 page(s),  Pub No. 7063, Price this Plansheet

HOW TO BUILD FIBERGLASS BOATS ... A manual of Fiberglass boatbuilding techniques, with complete information on how to improve and repair any boat.
Charles Bell,  221 pages,  Pub No. 0295, Price this Quarto Folio

SMALL BOAT PLANKING ... Durability, seaworthiness, and appearance depend more than you may realize on this vital step in boatbuilding.
Edson I. Schock,   15 pages,  5 plate(s),  Pub No. 5873,  Price this Booklet

WOOD-MANUAL FOR ITS USE AS A SHIPBUILDING MATERIAL ... A veritable encyclopedia of the characteristics of wood in ship and boat building.
U.S. Dept. of the Navy,  405 pages,  Pub No. 0296, Price this Book

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD, THE ... A three part study of the properties of wood and the affects of stress, defects and damage when used for specific tasks.
Record, M.A., M.F. Samuel J.,  199 pages,  Pub No. 0299, Price this Book

YACHTS BY HERRESHOFF ... A large format reoprint of the beautiful collection of the Herreshoff boats
Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.,  54 pages,  Pub No. 0300, Price this Elephant Folio

YACHT ALICE, THE ... One of the most detailed and intelligent accounts of building a boat ever penned plus his cruise to the West Indies.
Henry Howard,  254 pages,  Pub No. 0309, Price this Book

CAT BOOK--THE ... Designs of cat-rigged yachts from 15 to 28 ft, both the classic jib-less cat, and those with bowsprits and jibs.
Rudder Magazine, 1903,   72 pages,  Pub No. 4913,  Price this Book

Boat Design
TAKING OFF LINES ... A quick introduction to how to take the lines off of an existing boat for rebuilding.   8 pages,  1 plate(s),  Pub No. 5538,  Price this Booklet

CHART FOR SELECTING SIZE OF PIPE DAVITS ... How to size pipe to build davits.
Robert M. Steward,   2 page(s),  Pub No. 7704, Price this Plansheet

NOTES ON BUILDING CENTER-BOARDS & RUDDERS ... Detailed design information for designing and building centerboards and rudders   3 page(s),  Pub No. 7711, Price this Plansheet

GENERAL CONCEPTS OF BALLASTING ... How much ballast to use and where.   16 pages,  2 plate(s),  Pub No. 5638,  Price this Booklet

SMALL BOATS FOR BIG WATER ... What kinds of power boats to use in what kinds of waters.
John L. Benjamin,   20 pages,  Pub No. 5680,  Price this Booklet

FORMS OF SHIPS AND BOATS, THE ... Experimentally derived hints on the principles regulating ship-building.
William Bland,  267 pages,  Pub No. 0215, Price this Book

HOW MUCH DOES SHE WEIGH ... Plotted curves for weights of average boats without engines or equipment.
George L. Cary,   1 page(s),  Pub No. 7857, Price this Plansheet

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE SIMPLIFIED ... A text-book of small power boat design
Charles Desmond,  186 pages,  Pub No. 0267, Price this Duodecimo Book-long

DESIGNING FOR CONSTRUCTION IN PLYWOOD ... The results of a year's research ib plywood development for boats.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7021, Price this Plansheet

DEVELOPING A PLYWOOD DESIGN ... Moulded plywood has greatly affected the production-boat field.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7022, Price this Plansheet

DESIGNING A SAILBOAT TO USE PLYWOOD ... Planking with plywood has opened a new field of marine design.   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7023, Price this Plansheet

DEVELOPABLE-SURFACE BOATS ... When using sheet plywood for planking, you'll save labor if you plan on this type of hull.
Edson I. Schock,   4 page(s),  Pub No. 7035, Price this Plansheet

COMMON SENSE OF YACHT DESIGN, THE ... The acknowledged grail for yacht designers and builders.
L. Francis Herreshoff,  335 pages,  17 plate(s),  Pub No. 0312, Price this Quarto Folio

SAILING BOAT--THE ... A major work! An essential encyclopedia of sailing boats emphasizing smaller craft. An great companion to Kemp.
Henry Coleman Folkard, Esq,  547 pages,  Pub No. 0322, Price this Elephant Folio