The Green Valley Boat Works Book Store, in association with Amazon.com, now offers you the books you'll need for your canoe or kayak building project. These are among the 'best of the best' in our opinion, but if you can't see what you want below, or want to search for music, or books on any subject, we invite you to use the Search Box below or at the bottom of this page.
Canoecraft : A Harrowsmith Illustrated Guide to Woodstrip Construction
by Ted Moores & Merilyn Mohr
Paperback - 148 pages (April 1989) Camden House; ISBN: 0920656242;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.55 x 8.12 x 10.78
Deceptively beautiful, modern woodstrip canoes are not only rugged and responsive in the water, they can be built by anyone with a minimum of woodworking skills. Canoecraft contains step-by-step instructions for building low-cost, classic woodstrip canoes. This is the book we recommend most often for use with our canoe plans. Illustrations and photos.
Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding
by Chrtis Kulczycki
Paperback - 256 pages (June 2005) International marine/Ragged Mountain Press; ISBN-10: 0071440933;
Dimensions (in inches): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
In Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding, one of the leading practitioners and teachers of the craft assembles the definitive how-to manual for the most popular method of amateur boatbuilding today. Enlivened with tales of boat shop mishaps and designs gone bad that entertain as they instruct, this invaluable book includes full plans and assembly instructions for nine boats--seven kayaks, a sailing skiff, and a wherry. Step-by-step photos and drawings make this an ideal guide for visual learners.
Building a stitch-and-glue boat brings you as close as youŐll ever get to instant boatbuilding. ItŐs the fastest, easiest method yet devised for creating a strong, beautiful, seaworthy craft with your own hands. Now, one of the worldŐs premier stitch-and-glue designers, builders, and teachers gives you the information and guidance you need to build the boat of your dreams in your backyard, basement, or garage.
Chris Kulczycki explains why you donŐt need to be a master craftsman with dozens of specialized tools to create a sleek, responsive small boat. He lays out the basic stitch-and-glue building techniques; outlines the shortcuts and pitfalls; and details the materials youŐll need. Then he guides you through each phase of the building process, from cutting plywood panels and stitching them together to gluing the seams with epoxy to fiberglassing, sanding, painting, finishing, and outfitting.
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Kayakcraft : Fine Woodstrip Kayak Construction
by Ted Moores
Paperback - 171 pages (September 1999) Wooden Boat Pub; ISBN: 0937822566;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 10.98 x 8.51
The Strip-Built Sea Kayak : Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can Build
by Nick Schade
Paperback - 176 pages (April 1998) McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 007057989X
Dimensions (in inches): 0.58 x 9.22 x 7.35
Strip-building is the most flexible, forgiving, and attractive way to build a small wood boat. Professional sea kayak builder Nick Schade presents complete plans and measurements for three kayaks: Great Auk, a fast, stable, comfortable single for beginners; Guillemot, a beautiful, high-performance single for intermediate and skilled paddlers; Guillemot Double, a spacious kayak for two. Here's all the information you'll need to build a sturdy, elegant sea kayak, from setting up shop to making a paddle.
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Featherweight Boatbuilding : A Woodenboat Book
by Henry "Mac" McCarthy
Paperback - 94 pages (November 1996)
Wooden Boat Pub; ISBN: 0937822396 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.30 x 10.78 x 8.34
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The Kayak Shop : Three Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build
by Chris Kulczycki
Paperback (July 1, 1993) McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0070355193;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.57 x 9.23 x 7.36
How to Build the Haven 12 1/2-Footer
by Maynard Bray
Paperback - 63 pages (March 1988) Wooden Boat Pub; ISBN: 0937822132;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.24 x 10.90 x 8.27
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Building a Strip Canoe : Easy Step-By-Step Instructions and Patterns for 5 Canoe Models
by Gil Gilpatrick
Paperback - 128 pages, New revised edition (November 1996) Delorme Mapping Co; ISBN: 0899330266
Dimensions (in inches): 0.37 x 10.89 x 8.45
A good book on the basics of cedar strip canoe building. Mr. Gilpatrick clearly explains the basics of how to build strip canoes. His methods and canoe designs are simple and straight forward for even beginning wood workers. All aspects of canoe construction are discussed including materials section, design, assembly, maintenence and repair. There is also a chapter on making a good canoe paddles. Appendixes to the book contain plans for building several styles of canoes and also sources for supplies and information. Mr. Gilpatrick has made everything in this book simple and economical. It is suitable for any first time canoe builder. The only area in which the book is lacking is in some of the more advanced and specialized aspects of canoe building such as special finishes and fibers for certain types of canoes.
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Ultralight Boatbuilding
by
Frank Sletson & Thomas J. Hill
Paperback (December 1987) International Marine Publishing; ISBN: 0071567038
Dimensions (in inches): 0.39 x 10.99 x 8.52
Hill, the leading practitioner of ultralight boatbuilding, sets down all you need to know-from start to finish-using a sailing skiff and canoe as examples. From the necessary tools, lofting, jig building, and scarfing to sterns, planking, joinerwork, and paint and varnish, Hill unlocks the many exciting possibilities.
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Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy:
A 12 Foot Skiff for Oar and Sail
by Richard Kolin
Paperback - 85 pages (November 1996) Wooden Boat Pub; ISBN: 093782240X;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.26 x 10.83 x 8.33
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Lofting
by Allan H. Vaitses
Spiral-bound - 150 pages (October 1999) Wooden Boat Pub; ISBN: 0937822558;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.73 x 7.02 x 10.27
How to Design a Boat
by John Teale
Paperback - 160 pages, 2nd edition, (April 1998) Sheridan House; ISBN: 157409050X;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.47 x 8.48 x 5.46
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The Survival of the Bark Canoe
by John McPhee
Paperback (October 1989) Noonday Pr; ISBN: 0374516936;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.42 x 8.19 x 5.48
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Here are a few more related books which you might find interesting.
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Devlin's Boatbuilding: How to Build Any Boat the Stitch and Glue Way
by Samual Devlin
Paperback Reprint edition (October 1995) Intl Marine Pub; ISBN: 0071579907;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.59 x 9.23 x 7.46
Understanding Boat Design
by Ted Brewer
Paperback, 4 edition, (July 1997) Intl Marine Pub; ISBN: 0070076944;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.47 x 9.20 x 7.36
Boatbuilding With Aluminum
by Stephen F. Pollard
Hardcover (October 1995) Intl Marine Pub; ISBN: 0070504261;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x 9.56 x 7.66
Strippers Guide to Canoe-Building by David Hazen
Paperback 5th edition, Tamal Vista Pubns; ISBN: 0917436008
Building a Birchbark Canoe : The Algonquin Wabanaki Tciman by David Gidmark, Denis Alsford
Paperback - 144 pages (January 1995) Stackpole Books; ISBN: 0811725049 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.41 x 10.96 x 8.53
Building the Maine Guide Canoe by Jerry Stelmok
Hardcover - 272 pages (June 1992) The Lyons Press; ISBN: 1558211667 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.04 x 10.38 x 7.26
The Story of the Chestnut Canoe : 150 Years of Canadian Canoe Building by Kenneth Solway
Paperback - 166 pages (July 1998) Nimbus Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 1551092212 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.42 x 6.98 x 9.03
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
Hardcover 10th anniv edition (September 1998) Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub; ISBN: 0553109537
Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x 9.33 x 6.25
"What has this got to do with canoe building?" you ask! Well, it's something to read while the epoxy is curing and the varnish is drying. It's for all the people who asked me how long it's going to take them to build a canoe! Time: perhaps it's just an illusion.
Seriously, I have a copy of 'A Brief History of Time', and it's one of my favourite books, which I'm now reading for at least the fourth time, and it's still as fascinating as ever. Maybe you'll enjoy it as much as I do. If you don't like it, it makes a great gift.
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