Synopses & Reviews
Using the materials and methods in this ground-breaking book, amateurs and small-scale professionals can build a high-tech colored-laminate boat in less time than it once took just to loft the design for conventional construction. Computers have all but eliminated the onerous lofting stage. And a new manmade wood and special marine epoxy glues permit building virtually any hull shape in just days instead of weeks and years. Using Baltek's DuraKore, a precision manufactured balsa-and-hardwood sandwich, each half-hull for Dick Newick's famous 40-foot racing trimaran Ocean Surfer was completed by four people in just six hours. Written in close collaboration with and endorsed by the Baltek Corporation, this is the first book to detail the use of the revolutionary boatbuilding material that has taken the small-scale professional boatbuilding world by storm.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Disclaimer
Trademark Information
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Setting Up Shop
Chapter 3 Working with the Materials
Chapter 4 Choosing the Right Design
Chapter 5 Erecting the Building Form
Chapter 6 Planking the Hull
Chapter 7 Initial Sealing and Fairing
Chapter 8 Applying Reinforcement Material
Chapter 9 Stems, Sterns, and Difficulties
Chapter 10 Final Fairing and Smoothing
Chapter 11 Rollover and Interior Laminating
Chapter 12 Installing Bulkheads and Furniture
Chapter 13 Building Decks and Superstructures
Chapter 14 Multihull Construction
Chapter 15 Final Exterior Finish
Chapter 16 Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing
Glossary
Index