- Paperback: 271 pages
- Publisher: Hartley & Marks Inc.,U.S. (Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0881791911
- ISBN-13: 978-0881791914
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.6 x 2.4 cm
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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An outstanding work, 12 April 2001
By Michael J Edelman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Building Skin-on-Frame Boats (Paperback)
Robert Morris has built a lot of skin-on-frame boats in his shop- not just kayaks, but canoes, dinghies and other forms as well. He's used a number of different woods, skin materials, coatings, designs and techniques, and they're all summarized here in magnificent detail. There are scores of photos, detailed drawings, historical notes, boat plans, discussions of tools and technique as well as extensive discussion of hulls design and dynamics. Miller understands the whys of hulls; he will tell you how moving a strake closer to the keel or the gunwhales will change the behavior of a boat, and why you should heep the skin suspended off the ribs. If you have the urge to built a skin-on-frame boat- or even if you're just curious about the topic, you need this book. As good as previous books on the subject by George Putz, Wolfgang Brinck and H. C. Petersen have been (and I have them all), this book goes a step further. I've been reading all I can find on the topic in preperation for building my first skin-on-frame kayak, and with this book my research is finished.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
errors, errors, errors, 28 July 2005
By Michael Davey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Building Skin-on-Frame Boats (Paperback)
While this book is full of useful information, you must be carefull as it has a number of errors.
In many places the text does not match pictures or drawings. For example, following the text will give you a boat with 9 frames, following the diagrams gives a boat with 11 frames.
When dealing with shaping the gunwales, the text first says cut at an angle about five inches long, then it says six. Six appears to be correct. The book says to cut the keel 1 x 7/8. Later the text appears to suggest but does not come right out and say, that the keel should be 1 x 3/4.
Even with it's problems, Building Skin on Frame Boats is still a winner. Building Skin on Frame Boats gives you lots of background, hints, tips and not just how to do things, but why, which is important for understanding the process.
I recommend that you purchase "Building Skin on Frame Boats", and you also buy "Building the Greenland Kayak, A Manual for its Construction and use", by Christopher Cunningham. Read both very well, and take the best of both books.
Just be sure to read the whole book, then as you build read well ahead of what are working on.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Review of Building Skin-on-Frame boats, 2 Feb 2002
By Orvil J. Dillenbeck - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Building Skin-on-Frame Boats (Paperback)
An exellent book. Detailed where necessary, but still concise. I am in the process of building the Greenland design that Morris recommends as a first qayaq and find the directions easy to follow and complete.You can order supplies from Morris if you choose to build a boat.
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