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Many of them, too, could not find local suppliers of the lumber and other materials called for by the plans. Selling plans for boats that never got built went against Dynamite's Down East grain, and it was also, he figured, "a straight road to bankruptcy in the long run.
Boats that would not require a great investment of time to cut out and button up. In short, boats for the inexperienced builder whose fundamental desire is to get out on the water. The one condition was that Dynamite would build and thoroughly test a prototype of each design to wring out every bug before offering the plans for sale. Dynamite readily agreed, and a felicitous partnership was born. The eventual result was the original fleet of six boats described in his first book, "Instant Boats.
Flip through the pages and compare the odd, sometimes startling shapes of the patterns with the pleasing sheers and functional good looks of the completed boats. You will begin to appreciate the genius of Bolger. In the opening chapters Dynamite tells you with common sense and uncommon good humor everything you need to know to build one of his boats.
You can then start right in cutting readily available plywood sheets to precomputed patterns. You can build directly from the book, but the purchase of larger-scale plans at a modest cost from Dynamite will make the task of scaling off the patterns easier. Forty years ago I stupidly sold my last boat. I have missed it every day since. It was my sixth and best boat, a Chrysler Lonestar. Three of these six boats I built myself, one I shared the work with my father.
Plans are available from Full-size plans are available from the author; you can build directly from the book, but the purchase of larger-scale plans will make the task of scaling off the patterns easier. The eventual result was the original fleet of six boat described in his first book, Instant Boats. Harold "Dynamite" Payson was a lobsterman off his native Harold "Dynamite" Payson was a lobsterman off his native Maine coast for many years before becoming a full-time boatbMaine coast for many years before becoming a full-time boatbuilder; the sea and his shop have kindled in him a fond respuilder; the sea and his shop have kindled in him a fond respect for the simplest, most direct course to one's desired deect for the simplest, most direct course to one's desired destination. River Brandon rated it it was amazing Jul 06, Payson--known to associates, friends, and his wife as Dynamite--thinks you can build a boat. Delivery and Returns see our delivery rates and policies thinking of returning an item?
Building a plywood boat is a bagatelle particularly using the stitch and glue method. The seventh boat is built by this method. In the process I have bought six books from Amazon though all of the information that I needed was free on the internet. Again we are reading about how to build boats of Bolger's design.
There are ten boats and one sail board. One boat is a pedal driven side wheeler and probably not of much interest. The last boat is a large schooner. Tack and tape is similar to stitch and glue. The plywood parts are cut out and tacked together and to frame members. The seams are filled with thickened epoxy and covered with fiberglass tape.
The result is structurally identical to stitch and glue.
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The boat plans are legible and one could actually build the boats from the book. Payson adds instructions about how to proceed. My favorite boat from this book is the 15 footer called Diablo because it is very similar to my lamented Lonestar. If I were younger this is the boat that I would build. Diablo, Gypsy, and Nymph are graceful double chine boats. Sadly both Payson and Bolger are now deceased.
Plans are available from There is an 8ft version of Tortoise available and a 12ft, version of the Either would be superior to the revealed versions. I like the book, but I bought the kindle version and unfortunately you cant read any of the dimensions on any of the drawings so it makes it difficult to build any of these boats if you cant read the dimensions off the plans.
The book is still full of good information so is worth the money spent, it would be a better review if you could actually build something in the book from the plans included. Perhaps the printed version is better, but the digital version lacks in this area.
I returned the kindle version and bought the paperback. Drawings are much better and you can read the measurements though for skimmer it is still a bit of a task to build the boat from the drawings. Study the drawing hard and read the "how to" more than once before starting a build.
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Upgraded review to 4 stars - Dimensions can be read and write up is decent - now to go build a boat. As the title suggests, the book is invaluable for it's content. The author's surviving protogee Dennis is very helpful and hasn't one wit of problem spending a moment of time for your questions. I recommend you buy the plans for any boat in this book, because the plans are much larger and easier to read and take measurements from.
Five Stars for the content: I am building the You can't beat that for a brand new 23 ft day sail. If you get but a single drop of water on any of the print, it will run and bleed through 2 or 3 pages. DON'T get this book wet Dennis, find someone else to print it please, and let me know when you do I'll buy a second copy if it's printed with a laser.
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The central subject of this book is the boat plans, and they are not readable in the Kindle version. Amazon did not scan the plans at a resolution that is adequate to read what is written on the plans which, in turn, makes it impossible to get anything from them or usefully refer to them while reading the text. I would probably give the print version of the book around 4 stars, but the Kindle version gets 1 star.