This work contains all the information needed by wooden boatbuilders. It describes preparing to plank, clamping the planks in place, fastening the planks to the structure and finishing off. The advice is based on actual projects. Planking methods include carvel lapstrake, ultralight plywood, stitch and glue, wedge-seam, cold moulded, diagonal and strip. Other topics include jigs, clamps, scarfing planks, butt blocks, plank fastenings, clench nailings, riveting, making and placing bungs.
- ISBN10 0713646802
- ISBN13 9780713646801
- Publish Date 3 January 1997 (first published September 1996)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Adlard Coles Nautical
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English