Building Classic Small Craft
Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats
Commemorative Edition
John Gardner
Gardner was not only good with words and tools, he was a great teacher as well. He
sought out the best examples of classic wooden small craft in sheds and backyards across
the country, then he measured them, drew them, researched their histories, and wrote out
instructions so clear and complete that any amateur builder with modest talent and
ambition could build beautiful boats. And thousands have. This commemorative edition
contains the texts of Building Classic Small Craft and More Building Classic Small Craft,
Volume 1, plus a section of eulogies from Gardner's legions of fans. Here you'll find all
the plans, measurements, and directions a reader needs to build any of 47 beautiful small
boats for oar, sail, or motor, including dories, peapods, Whitehalls, Rangeley boats,
wherries, Sea Bright skiffs, and more.
** Review **
"If I wanted to build a small sailing or rowing boat and could have only one book,
my choice would have to be this. It is a classic."--The Log of Mystic Seaport
". . .worth your attention whether you seriously fancy to build boats yourself or
just enjoy reading about them."--Sailing
"Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via
your boatshop."--Sea History
"John Gardner has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional
small boat craft than will ever be counted."--WoodenBoat
** Contents **
Herreshoff Rowboat and Modified McInnis Bateau. Pilot Gig. Merrymeeting Bay Duckboat.
15-Foot Flattie Skiff. Two 8-Foot Prams. Four Canoes. Down East Workboat. Yacht Tenders.
Sea Bright Skiff. Boston Fishing Power Dories. Matinicus Peapod. Two Garveys. Clamming
Skiff. 16-Foot Swampscott Dory. Mower Dory. Boatbuilders' Planes. The Common Punt. L.
Francis Herreshoff's Pram. A Plywood Pram. A Sailing Flattie. A Chamberlain Skiff. A.
Modified Quincy Skiff. A Lowell Dory Skiff. A Semi-Dory. A Car-Top Semi-Dory. The Dory. A
Modified Swampscott Dory. A North Shore Surf Dory. The Chamberlain Gunning Dory. The
Beachcomber-Alpha Dory. A Sharpie. The Peapod. A Spurling Rowboat. The Saint Lawrence
River Skiff. The Rangeley Boat. The Wherry. The Origin of the Whitehall. A Whitehall
Pulling Boat. The Sea Bright Skiff. The Barnegat Sneakbox. Appendix: Notes on Boatbuilding
Methods.
Hard (Sep 1996) 536p. 250 Illus. 8 1/2 x 11
Mfg. Part Number 0070228647
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